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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   
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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• Re:Where is my benefit? Re:Where is my benefit? (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Friday July 21 2017, @09:14PM (1 child)

  by Snotnose (1623) on Friday July 21 2017, @09:14PM (#542579)

  I can swipe my "membership card" in the store if I want to and still get store credit even tho it's hardly worth it.

  I use a friends membership card (you and I call it a phone number) at the grocery store. I think he's got a couple other friends using his phone number as well. I'm happy, I typically save 30% on groceries. He's happy, he gets any perks like gas discounts that flow from his card.

  By paying cash the store will need face recognition software to know who I am and what I buy.

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  When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.

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• Re:Where is my benefit? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @11:48PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @11:48PM (#542640)

  Is his name Jenny [wikipedia.org]?

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