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"VISA™. It's everywhere we want you to want to be, and nowhere else."
Itch.io Begins Massively Censoring Games With No Warning
Free speech is taking another massive hit as game distribution site, Itch.io has begun removing and hiding games.
It seems that the campaign to massively censor video games is continuing. Last year, Australian law makers began pushing for an age verification law for vi
https://www.freezenet.ca/itch-io-begins-massively-censoring-games-with-no-warning/
Steam is Now Censoring Whole Games to Appease Payment Processors
Steam appears to be rolling back its open policy on who can publish their games to Steam and have begun removing games.
https://www.freezenet.ca/steam-is-now-censoring-whole-games-to-appease-payment-processors/
@hisold My bank stopped issuing #girocard cards with #magstrip 10+ years ago as magstrip was phased out and #NFC was phased in as well as #PSD1 being introduced.
That's the main push factor: Alongside lower processing fees and faster processing, the Chip+PIN & #NFC systems actually request a blockage of the amount and will automatically decline without incuring fees if the balance / limit is below that amount - sometimes even before the PIN has been entered (it'll just not show it until the PIN is entered so fraudsters can't just abuse this as a means to check balance.
It's also insightful because #fraud would be way more rampant if the card issuer, payment processor and card system operator [i.e. AMEX, VISA, MasterCard] didn't all run their own AFE [Anti-Fraud Engine] each automatically assessing risks within less than a second for every transaction.
But that's just some cold OSINT based off #TechSupport and peeking behind the curtains professionally...
Rest assured if you have a CC you can be as certain that someone tried to abuse it as I'm certain my bank blocked fraudulent money orders against my account because of AFEs working - it's just > 99% of all fraud attempts get blocked instantly and merchants rate-limited or kicked off the system when they do something suspicious.
So yeah, that "#magstrip" may be just lacquer but unless it's specifically advertised otherwise only holds the CC & CVV as well as service codes [i.e. chip+pin only] to tell the terminal "Don't accept magstrip, mandate Chip+PIN"]...
Only underdeveloped countries like the #US still use #Magstrips and #credit and not Chip+PIN & #debit!
@adisonverlice personally, I think @signalapp should not have integrated any #wallet or #cryptocurrency at all and instead not eben request #PhoneNumbers (which are #PII) and move tueir system onto #Tor and have their endpoints as #OnionServce, because being a #PaymentProcessor (and lets be honest #MobileCoin got pitched for #payments) is at best a "legal nightmare" if not a straight-up "You go to Jail!"-card as a matter f principle!
Anyone who wants to coordinate #payments and #finance can do so with external wallets like #FeatherWallet anyway.
@ShadyQuark #Klarna works great as #PaymentProcessor...
@Avitus @Willow @signalapp wrong, #MobileCoin still exists, it's just mostly focused on being run by a #PaymentProcessor in #Nigeria...
1,000+ web shops infected by “Phish ‘n Ships” criminals who create fake product listings for in-demand products https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/11/1000-web-shops-infected-by-phish-n-ships-criminals-who-create-fake-product-listings-for-in-demand-products #paymentprocessor #webshops #Scams #News #fake
Are there any ethical payment gateways out there that folks use? I'd prefer not to use Stripe, etc. if there are other options for accepting online payments.
@GossiTheDog Pretty shure that this makes #Binance more #shady than the shadiest #MoneyLaunerer|s and #Cybercriminals because they at least make up a legitimately-looking, #PublicFront for their business...
How is it that neither #OFAC nor @BaFin & @bafa@social.bund.de designate Binance as illegal #PaymentProcessor for failing to answer #DueDiligence formalities every legitimate #business has to like said Headquarter Adress...
This is just beyond me.
@anarchopunk_girl @fla @Mer__edith
After all, @signalapp does in fact comply with #Cyberfacist demands of the U.S. government and restricts #Signal's functionality based of "striclty unnecessary" data like #PhoneNumbers!
Whereas @torproject is specifically designed to be incapable of doing so, even if all their maintainers were simultaneously held at gunpoint.
Cuz that's basic #OpSec to the point that every small #FinTech / #PaymentProcessor in Germany has to get that #contingency in place!
@maxi but then again: Neither endorsement nor advice.
If it was my decision, the block rate would be at 1 second so it was fast enough for checkouts at a cashier with 3+ confirmations.
OFC nothing prevents a traditional #PaymentProcessor from accepting #Monero instead of or besides #AMEX, #VISA, #MasterCard, #Maestro, #girocard, #AliPay, #JCB, #UnionPay, #ApplePay, #SamsungPay, #GooglePay, #SMSpayment or even #GeldKarte besides their stubbornness to remain irreplaceable middle-men.
USDC Dominated Trading Volume on Decentralized Exchanges Amidst Depegging Incident
https://news.bitcoin.com/usdc-dominated-trading-volume-on-decentralized-exchanges-amidst-depegging-incident/
#decentralizedexchange #GlobalTradeVolume #Paymentprocessor #Auto-Conversion #Cryptocurrency #MarketUpdates #coingecko.com #Pancakeswapv2 #wrappedether #Pancakeswap #Crypto.com #Stablecoin #Stableswap #depegging #uniswapv3 #Coinbase #USDollar #Binance #trading #uniswap #BitPay #Crypto #Kraken #Curve
Report Claims Visa and Mastercard Plan to Pause New Partnerships, Visa’s Head of Crypto Insists ‘Story Is Inaccurate’
https://news.bitcoin.com/report-claims-visa-and-mastercard-plan-to-pause-new-partnerships-visas-head-of-crypto-insists-story-is-inaccurate/
#high-profilecollapses #underlyingtechnology #headofcryptoatVisa #mainstreampayments #FinancialServices #strategicpriority #efficientsystems #Paymentprocessor #americanexpress #Lendingservices #paymentservices #Cryptocurrency #Blockfi
Btcpay Introduces New Coinjoin Plugin for Enhanced Bitcoin Privacy for Merchants
https://news.bitcoin.com/btcpay-introduces-new-coinjoin-plugin-for-enhanced-bitcoin-privacy-for-merchants/
#Financialindependence #coordinationprotocol #financialempowerment #FinancialSovereignty #BitcoinTransactions #privacyprotection #financialprivacy #Paymentprocessor #DigitalCurrency #financialrights #Cryptocurrency #Hardwarewallet #Decentralized #WasabiWallet #block-space #humanrights #Blockchain #Fees