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Re:Pass the Payment Choice Act by mindslight on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:53PM (#24393692)
Prepaid debit cards are straight out as they all require people to assent to a lengthy contract simply to use them, promulgated by the same companies dragging their feet on privacy preserving digital payments (20+ year old technology at this point). Until we get widespread private payments that are accessible to all without appeasing banks, preserving the basic option of cash is important.
Re:Pass the Payment Choice Act by tzs on Sunday September 06, 2020 @05:51PM (#24394948)
That's for reloadable cards. You can by a preloaded non-reloadable card anonymously for cash and use them without signing any contract.
Re:Pass the Payment Choice Act by mindslight on Sunday September 06, 2020 @06:32PM (#24395167)
Without physically signing anything, yes. But non-reloadable cards still come with a long nastygram purporting to give away your rights to privacy, recourse, etc. Who knows how many of the terms would hold up in court, but by the time you're there you've already lost.