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Old 19-03-2021, 10:52   #93
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Re: Contactless cards and the future of cash

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh View Post
Once cashless it becomes possible for someone "in control" to prevent you buying or selling. They could monitor what you buy and sell, where you do it.


Again it's not the powers now that would be a concern but what a future regime could do if the tools and mechanisms are in place.
I still don't see what spending the ordinary Jo(e) would wish to keep secret from the authorities.

Perhaps you can give me one example of something you buy that would cause you a problem if the government found out. It's the same question whether we live in a democracy or future dictatorship.
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