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Australia's transition to a cashless society is underway — but not everyone wins when we get rid of cash (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cashless reduced society still leaves millions of people without access, no thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I didn't say cashless - I said cash-reduced. We need to remove cash from situations where it shouldn't be a requirement, such as gambling venues. While privacy is a fundamental human right, it provides criminals the ability to hide behind a cloak of anonymity.

I believe the goal should be as cashless as we can be, without disadvantaging groups of people that can only use cash.

But that would require a government brave enough to create strong enough laws to safeguard our personal data from abuse and misuse. Not only to stop Big Tech and other megacorps from using our data without consent, but also to punish those responsible for not protecting our data properly, including deletion when it's no longer required (fucking Latitude).

Might as well hope to win the big Powerball prize - both seem equally likely right now...