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15-9-2013: NSA follows the Money

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Despite the EU allowing the NSA access to financial transaction data to - track terrorists and organized crime, the NSA saw it necessary to - target international payment processors including SWIFT and Visa. - As terrorism and organized crime are covered by legal means, industrial - espionage to improve the US economy is the only remaining US national - interest within the NSA's mandate that would explain this illegal activity.
- With Taler, exchanges will only learn the value of a merchant's transactions, - not who paid or for what (governments may learn what was sold). Thus, - the Taler exchange is a significantly less interesting target for industrial - espionage. -

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10-9-2014: PayPal accounts hacked with a click

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Yasser Ali reports a now patched vulnerability in PayPal that would - have allowed him to reset other user's passwords and take over their - accounts. This is unlikely to be the last vulnerability found in - account-based payment systems.
- In Taler, customers do not have accounts with usernames, passwords - or associated e-mail addresses. Instead, Taler uses reserves which - are represented by a private key on the owner's computer. Users - create a reserve by depositing currency at a Taler exchange, and can then - withdraw digital coins from that reserve using the respective private - key. There is no limit on the number of reserves a user can have, and - even hacking the Taler exchange would not provide an adversary with access to - user's reserves (as the Taler exchange does not have the private keys). - Stealing in Taler requires breaking into each customer's computer to - extract the reserve keys or the coins from the digital wallet. -

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13-11-2014: Visa and MasterCard's to move from passwords to biometrics

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Visa and MasterCard are planning to "simplify hated verification - systems" by moving from passwords to security codes on mobiles - and biometrics. Continuing their flawed insistence on verifying identity, - Visa and MasterCard will thus build a very personal picture of their - customers, from shopping habbits down to their cardiac rhythm.
- Taler does not require a customer's identity to verify a payment, as the - payment system cryptographically verifies the coins. Thus, Taler does - not have to intrude into any personal detail of a citizen's life, and - certainly not their private medical data. -

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5-12-2014: PayPal for Android gains fingerprint support

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Following Visa and MasterCard's move to biometrics, PayPal - now supports authenticating purchases with fingerprint - recognition. - Hence, police can now forcefully take user's fingerprints and - access their mobile computers and possibly empty their electronic wallets - in addition to their physical wallets.
- For Taler, we advise users to protect their digital wallets using - passphrases. -

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5-12-2014: US judge rules banks can sue merchant for bad security

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Merchants taking credit card data from customers now have to additionally - fear banks suing them for losses. It is not suggested that the merchant - in question was not in compliance with PCI DSS security audit procedures.
- With Taler, merchants never handle sensitive personal credit data, and - thus neither customers, exchanges nor governments would even have standing to - sue merchants in court. Thus, if a merchant system were to be compromised, - the damage would be limited to the merchant's own operations. -

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6-12-2014: Visa and MasterCard's uncompetitive business practices

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The Visa and MasterCard duopoly has eliminated competition among - banks, setting fees that take away a significant share of profits from - small merchants.
- Taler is an open standard with free software - implementations, so merchants do not have to fear a lack of competition. -

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17-3-2015: Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud

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Apple Pay may be easy to use, but the simplistic - user identification creates opportunities for fraud, - resulting in much higher fraud rates than even with traditional - credit card systems.
- Taler does not require user identification, enabling - ease of use while also being effective against fraud. -

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30-4-2015: 1970 Researchers Predicted Debit Cards Would be Great for Surveillance

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"Suppose you were an advisor to the head of the KGB, - the Soviet Secret Police. Suppose you are given the - assignment of designing a system for the surveillance of all - citizens and visitors within the boundaries of the USSR. The - system is not to be too obtrusive or obvious. What would be - your decision?"
- The think tank RAND essentially answered this question with - a blueprint for modern payment systems. Taler offers an - escape from the financial panopticon. -

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22-12-2015: Sicherheitsforscher hacken das EC-Bezahlsystem

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Security researchers found serious security flaws in the German "electronic cash" system - which enable criminals to withdraw funds from merchant accounts based on the information printed - on receipts and other information obtained from public sources or point-of-sales terminals purchased - online.
- The German "electronic cash" system is based on the "Poseidon" protocol, for - which there is no publicly accessible specification or reference implementation. This has allowed - such major security holes to persist for decades. -

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23-07-2016: How banks are refusing to shoulder responsibility for fraud

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Banks are naturally unhappy about shouldering the cost for fraud, and use - various tricks to impose the costs on their customers without providing - adequate help to minimize fraud.
- With GNU Taler, cryptography ensures that identity theft and many related - types of fraud are no longer possible, allowing banks to offer customers - a payment experience where neither side needs to worry about fraud. -

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15-10-2016: Thousands of online stores found skimming

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Security researchers found evidence of adversaries targeting online shops offering credit cards - to steal and resell credit card credentials.
- With GNU Taler, shops would never receive sensitive personal information such as credit cards, - thus hacked online shops would not create such hassles for consumers. -

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21-10-2016: Indian banks warn 3.2 million customers

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A major data breach of Indian banks forced these institutions to warn 3.2 million - customers that their accounts might have been compromised and that they need - to obtain new bank cards and PIN numbers.
- With GNU Taler, banks can implement privacy by design and minimize data collection, - minimizing the impact of security breaches and satisfying GDPR regulations in Europe. -

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24-10-2016: ApplePay starts in France

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With ApplePay starting in France, pressure on - European banks increase as they are set to - lose market share to big technology providers.
- With GNU Taler, we could establish an open standard with a level - playing field preserving the independence of national economies - by establishing a commons that protects critical infrastructure - from domination by a handful of global players. -

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24-10-2016: Alipay gains acceptance in US and Europe

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With Alipay being increasingly accepted in retail stores in US and Europe, - European banks continue to lose market share to big technology - providers.
- With GNU Taler, we could establish an open standard with a level - playing field preserving the independence of national economies - by establishing a commons that protects critical infrastructure - from domination by a handful of global players. -

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03-04-2017: Amazon launches Amazon Cash

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Despite Amazon being in the position of being allowed to keep - your credit card on file to enable faster payments, they have - now moved to enable payments without credit cards. -
- With GNU Taler, cash-based payments for customers without - credit cards would be possible not only for big brands that - can sell tokens at participating retailers, but for all online - stores as GNU Taler is an open standard and not another - walled-garden lock-in payment system. -

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04-04-2017: WhatsApp to offer person-to-person payments in India

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With Indian demonetization policy pushing the country towards - a cashless society, it was only a question of time until the - Big Data oligopoly would make its move to take over the country's - economy. -
- With GNU Taler, India would maintain digital sovereignty, and - the privacy of citizens spending digital cash would - be preserved while achiving the laudable income transparency and - anti-counterfeiting goals of the Indian government. -

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20-07-2017: Sofortüberweisung unreasonable

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The German Federal High Court of Justice has decided that - the online payment system Sofortüberweisung is - unreasonable, and thus must not be the only payment option offered - without additional fees for customers in Germany. -
- With GNU Taler, inexpensive instant payments that respect customers - privacy will be possible. -

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