02-03-2022, 09:36 AM
(11-01-2021, 04:38 PM)Zebulon Walton Wrote:(11-01-2021, 01:19 PM)biketool Wrote: Privacy fans using pinephone need a way to pay without apple/google pay or a credit card.
I have a method for doing that, at least for local purchases. It's called "cash".
What is interesting is that serial numbered cash has become almost completely non-fungible now that all commercial accounting for cash includes using a networked cash counter to track serial numbers in order to backtrack counterfeits, at least for US dollars and Euros. Those quick stacking cash counting machines as well as ATMs scan and upload all of the serial numbers to a central database, looking for the serial number duplicating at two far away locations indicating a fake in circulation, but much more interesting profiling can be done with that privately owned cash movement database. With automation the once forgotten cash serial number become a way to track the movement and source for most cash transactions making cash nearly as traceable and profile-able especially over time as open blockchain cryptocurrencies or credit/debit cards.
I suppose a sock loaded with untraceable 2 Euro coins can be used to cudgel street robbers though.