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DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by use-net »

kohtatsu wrote: post #15
clubdorothe wrote: post #10

I went back to China for a month in December 2019. It's crazy how Wechat payment is now used everywhere. Any shops in China (I believe 99% of them): in wechat, you have "wallet" that generates QR code. Go to any shop, at the counter, show the QR code generated, they have the machine (or wechat app) to scan it. done. Crazy efficient. Most of the people there don't bring wallets anymore. Most of the restaurants in Shen…

Mobile pay for Starbucks is a thing in North America, without the centralization of surveillance. (There's probably a dozen tracking SDKs, but we're working on getting those to be properly opt-in, and they aren't fed almost directly to the gov't.) Now that Apple Pay is available for online checkouts it has mostly the same convenience as WeChat. Hopefully Android Pay or whatever will catch up soon, as Apple Pay is onl…

yet another password? NO WAY! stay clear of this registereware!

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by chenzhekl »

throwaway1997 wrote: post #2

You need to be careful with this. I used something similar to this because I don't like running WeChat on my phone and the account was almost instantly banned and I lost my only communication channel with my family in mainland.

Well, WeChat forbids the use of any emulator. Maybe you have used an Android emulator to log in your WeChat account?

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by woutr_be »

clubdorothe wrote: post #10

I went back to China for a month in December 2019. It's crazy how Wechat payment is now used everywhere. Any shops in China (I believe 99% of them): in wechat, you have "wallet" that generates QR code. Go to any shop, at the counter, show the QR code generated, they have the machine (or wechat app) to scan it. done. Crazy efficient. Most of the people there don't bring wallets anymore. Most of the restaurants in Shen…

I just wish they would allow foreigners to use it as well. I live in Hong Kong and go to China quite often to visit friends, but it’s a pain in the ass to pay. Usually my friends pay for me, and I give them cash. The rest just split through Wechat.

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by burgerquizz »

Is anyone would have a solution with receiving text message of my China Mobile number on the web? Wechat ask me for 2FA (via text message) and I need to change sim card or top-up my phone number (condition to make my sim working outside china)

Context:

I'm away for several months (because of the coronavirus), and I struggle with receiving text message when I need to make some payments via wechat. It will be useful for bank transfer too

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by dijit »

clubdorothe wrote: post #10

I went back to China for a month in December 2019. It's crazy how Wechat payment is now used everywhere. Any shops in China (I believe 99% of them): in wechat, you have "wallet" that generates QR code. Go to any shop, at the counter, show the QR code generated, they have the machine (or wechat app) to scan it. done. Crazy efficient. Most of the people there don't bring wallets anymore. Most of the restaurants in Shen…

Not sure if you know, but at least life in Sweden is pretty close to this. Contactless payments are everywhere (Apple/Samsung/Android pay) and the app “swish” works great for sending payments to people. Even some businesses have a swish QR code displayed in lieu of taking cash payments.

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Post by Hamuko »

dijit wrote: post #27
clubdorothe wrote: post #10

I went back to China for a month in December 2019. It's crazy how Wechat payment is now used everywhere. Any shops in China (I believe 99% of them): in wechat, you have "wallet" that generates QR code. Go to any shop, at the counter, show the QR code generated, they have the machine (or wechat app) to scan it. done. Crazy efficient. Most of the people there don't bring wallets anymore. Most of the restaurants in Shen…

Not sure if you know, but at least life in Sweden is pretty close to this. Contactless payments are everywhere (Apple/Samsung/Android pay) and the app “swish” works great for sending payments to people. Even some businesses have a swish QR code displayed in lieu of taking cash payments.

Same in Finland, although most people still use contactless cards instead of Apple/Samsung/Android payment apps. But since they work on the same terminals, it's really easy for people to switch when they want to.

I'd go all in on Apple Pay if not for the fact that the grocery store I go to has a loyalty card program and I can't use that with Apple Pay. Luckily the loyalty card is tied to my bank card, so I can get the loyalty card benefits and pay with the same tap.

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by Tenoke »

6c696e7578 wrote: post #14
zelphirkalt wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My guess is: You might want to contain the hazard. Who knows what stuff that client is doing on your machine.

I don't think docker is enough. I would want to put it in a VM of it's own, and just for the sake of it, probably send all traffic out that VM via a VPN.

Why would a VM have an advantage over docker here? You think the Windows WeChat client is designed to escape from docker if it ever finds itself inside one while running on linux?

Re: DoChat – a Dockerized WeChat PC Windows client for Linux

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Post by adouzzy »

dijit wrote: post #27
clubdorothe wrote: post #10

I went back to China for a month in December 2019. It's crazy how Wechat payment is now used everywhere. Any shops in China (I believe 99% of them): in wechat, you have "wallet" that generates QR code. Go to any shop, at the counter, show the QR code generated, they have the machine (or wechat app) to scan it. done. Crazy efficient. Most of the people there don't bring wallets anymore. Most of the restaurants in Shen…

Not sure if you know, but at least life in Sweden is pretty close to this. Contactless payments are everywhere (Apple/Samsung/Android pay) and the app “swish” works great for sending payments to people. Even some businesses have a swish QR code displayed in lieu of taking cash payments.

The brilliant thing about wechat (or alipay) is that they don't have a close affiliation to the banks. And therefore far less transaction fees.
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