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In a World Without Cash, Every Payment You Make Will be Traceable

posted by Fnord666 on Friday July 21 2017, @08:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the black-market dept.

canopic jug writes:

With many countries already heading towards cashless transactions, we are facing some hard decisions. These decisions will be made whether we ignore them or not, so to have a say it is essential to be active. These are not new issues, but they are quickly approaching. Dominic Frisby at The Guardian is the latest to take up some of the pertinent questions around the move to a cashless society.

Poor people and small businesses rely on cash. A contactless system will likely entrench poverty and pave the way for terrifying levels of surveillance.

Source: Why we should fear a cashless world

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Justin Case on Friday July 21 2017, @09:10PM

    by Justin Case (4239) on Friday July 21 2017, @09:10PM (#542576) Journal

    why not just put in play laws to prevent the abuse of power

    Because those laws are made by the very people who abuse the power.

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