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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by heavyset_go on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:55PM (#30437034)
> My wallet doesn't randomly prevent me from opening it at a grocery store I have been to a thousand times and stop me from paying for groceries.

One of my least favorite experiences was telling my banks that I was going to travel so that they don't freeze my accounts for "suspicious activity" when I start spending money at my destination, and then having them freeze my accounts anyway when I got there after trying to pay for dinner. Caused a problem with the hotel and the place I rented a car from, too.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by selectodude on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @11:21PM (#30437576)
Using my credit card in Russia required me to call some poor schmuck every single morning to tell them I was in Moscow. Every morning I'd wake up and my card would be declined.
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