r/interestingasfuck • u/AdministrativeMud907 • 7d ago

A girl saves her boyfriend from a robbery by pointing a machine gun at two armed robbers.(Texas) r/all

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u/wrongsuspenders 6d ago

It seems like the answer is making banking apps more heavily dependent on your tax ID and federal ID. If someone steals and forces me to transfer on venmo the other side should be arrested.

My friend's sister lost $2,400 via a forcible Venmo transfer in broad daylight despite screaming no one would help her. Venmo wouldn't reverse it and she's out the money. Renters/Homeowners have low limits on cash theft.

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u/bluedaddy664 6d ago

True. But these apps can be linked to accounts from different countries.

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u/wrongsuspenders 6d ago edited 6d ago

ah - yea well don't necessarily want to restrict that - but I wouldn't' mind introducing some sort of time delay as a precaution on my transfers. Sort of like the safe we had at work that took 15+ minutes to open. I live in a dense urban area with a lot of armed robberies. The crews typically commit 10 or so robberies in an hour and then drive away without ever getting caught by police. I'd like to keep banking apps on my phone but I don't like the idea of risking $2K+. If someone steals my phone or wallet I would only lose a small deductible on the phone.

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u/bluedaddy664 6d ago

What a lot of people use in 3rd world countries including Mexico. Is a decoy phone. No banking apps linked to it, no personal information.