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Re:Living without a SIM card by mnm1 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @12:57PM (#22283342)
> I expect to see a time in my lifetime where a country will fully do away with all anonymous forms of payment, effectively making it impossible to be anonymous.

That would mean either the elimination of poverty or a country that so hates its poor, it's willing to remove them from the economy altogether. I highly doubt that will happen, even in the US, where the poor are despised and hated by almost everyone. But then again, you never know.

Re:Living without a SIM card by icebraining on Monday February 10, 2020 @10:49AM (#22290091)
Many poor people already use digital forms of money. The others will probably have to resort to barter. Money is really hard to kill, though; if cash is unavailable, people will create informal alternatives.
Re:Living without a SIM card by mnm1 on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:07PM (#22291554)
Yeah, fuck them. Just let them resort to barter.
Re:Living without a SIM card by icebraining on Monday February 10, 2020 @03:29PM (#22292928)
People who assume predictions to be wishes are really tiresome.