• shaztopher@lemmy.zip
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    Your phone does not need an internet connection to tap to pay, in the same way your credit cards do not need an internet connection to tap to pay

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        I was addressing the “waiting to acquire signal” part, not the “removing from a bag” part which I imagine to be fast

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          The phone is already trying to connect to cell networks when it’s in the bag, the moment it comes out it’s already broadcasting which means the cell networks can triangulate your location even before ‘signal is acquired’.