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byPowercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
Is there really any reason we can't just make pennies out of plastic instead? Personally, I haven't used cash in ages anyway so I'm really neither here nor there on running out of pennies, but it seems like if the problem is just that they cost too much to manufacture, make them out of something cheaper.
byserviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
Or just scrap them as a denomination. I'm in the UK where pennies are worth fractionally more. It is now worth considerably less in real terms than the 1/2 p coin when that was scrapped. I, personally in favour of scrapping copper coinage completely. Round the tally to the closest 5 and be done with it.
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
I don't even regularly carry cash anymore. Phone generates a random credit card number for anonymity when shopping, that's good enough.
byViol8 ( 599362 ) writes:
"Phone generates a random credit card number for anonymity when shopping"
Huh? How can you pay with some random card number? And no payment method is anonymous , you simply move who knows from the shop to apple/google and your bank still knows you spent money either way.
Also I don't understand people who pay with a phone when contactless bank cards are simpler to use and faster. Just smacks of showing off.
bypsmears ( 629712 ) writes:
Also I don't understand people who pay with a phone when contactless bank cards are simpler to use and faster. Just smacks of showing off.
For most people I know that do this, it's just one less thing to carry - they'll have the phone with them anyway, so why carry cards/cash as well?
byIamthecheese ( 1264298 ) writes:
>... why carry cards/cash as well?
Because anonymity is a cornerstone of liberty. When everything you buy is easily tracked (and we're almost there) the government will know where you have been and what you have been doing in great detail. A social credit score is only the beginning of what they'll do with that information.
bydfghjk ( 711126 ) writes:
...and randomized credit card numbers do absolutely nothing for that, they only address "man in the middle" problems. All randomized CC numbers map back to the same payment source.
This is the reason people use cash, privacy.
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bysarren1901 ( 5415506 ) writes:
The illusion of privacy anyway. Unless you don't carry your phone and you walk to where your going and you conceal your face, you are going to be tracked. The place you enter probably also has cameras up and though the quality may be bad, they would likely hand the recordings over to police and maybe even without a warrant.
Please keep fighting the privacy fight though. It's not a bad fight and maybe it will help preserve something. Thank you for your efforts. Sincerely.
byThumpBzztZoom ( 6976422 ) writes:
I assume you are livestreaming your life 24/7 then. Because if you really believe that theoretically you could be on a camera that theoretically could have its data handed to the police means you are going to be tracked, why are you bothering trying to have the same illusion of privacy?
Just because some of the data systems know some things, does not mean you have to give other ones the rest of the information.
We do not live in the CSI/NCIS fictional universe. It would take an insane amount of effort for a c
byomnichad ( 1198475 ) writes:
They do, but a merchant can't grab that without paying a data broker. But if they collect a hash of your same card number every time you shop, then they can sell to a broker. Or give away the data in exchange for even more data on you. So it's a slight increase in privacy by reducing the number of entities that can snoop.
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