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>> If the numerous and massive data breaches, and subsequent credit card theft and fraud events of the last few years have taught us anything, it is that yes paying in bitcoins has one fundamental advantage: you are never handing the store your full billing info which can be stolen and reused by fraudsters.

This is also the case with ICC/EMV cards, though the USA hasn't caught up to that for some reason.

--edit-- of course this only applies to physical transactions, online transactions are still vulnerable, yes.



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