I just want a watch that lets me buy stuff, without Google, Apple, or anyone else tracking me. The closest I found is a Pixel watch with WiFi, which I only connect at home, and isn’t connected to my phone most of the time (GrapheneOS). Google still tracks me, but only after the fact, and only when I reconnect to WiFi.
I honestly don’t care about the watch function, I just want something I can wear when I’m on a bike ride so I can leave my phone and wallet at home but still pick up a snack or something.
If the Pebble can do that without phoning home, I’ll get it. But I’m pretty sure that’s impossible since it’s baked into the Wallet app.
No way is any purchasing system going to allow you to walk away without checking that you are won you claim to be, and that you have the funds available to you to make that purchase.
There’s really no technical reason why these contactless payment systems couldn’t be FOSS. When I registered my card with my watch, I needed to call my bank to confirm it was me. The same process could totally happen without Google being involved.
As they rightly should. I would certainly call my bank to set it up just like I did with my OTP app with my brokerage. I’m not trying to hide anything from my bank, I just don’t want to share that info with Google.
Does it let you buy stuff?
I just want a watch that lets me buy stuff, without Google, Apple, or anyone else tracking me. The closest I found is a Pixel watch with WiFi, which I only connect at home, and isn’t connected to my phone most of the time (GrapheneOS). Google still tracks me, but only after the fact, and only when I reconnect to WiFi.
I honestly don’t care about the watch function, I just want something I can wear when I’m on a bike ride so I can leave my phone and wallet at home but still pick up a snack or something.
If the Pebble can do that without phoning home, I’ll get it. But I’m pretty sure that’s impossible since it’s baked into the Wallet app.
Cash…. What you’re looking for is called cash.
No way is any purchasing system going to allow you to walk away without checking that you are won you claim to be, and that you have the funds available to you to make that purchase.
I really don’t like dealing with small change.
There’s really no technical reason why these contactless payment systems couldn’t be FOSS. When I registered my card with my watch, I needed to call my bank to confirm it was me. The same process could totally happen without Google being involved.
Yeah I’m pretty sure the banks would shut down anything that clones NFC payment functionality onto a device without them knowing about it.
As they rightly should. I would certainly call my bank to set it up just like I did with my OTP app with my brokerage. I’m not trying to hide anything from my bank, I just don’t want to share that info with Google.