In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail seriously

Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by maccard on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @06:31AM (#30440008)

Or you could use two bank accounts? These things happen even day to day, sometimes cards fail, or a card reader acts up. I find it hard to see that the next logical leap from "one bank account in a country" is "global volatile decentralized currency with incredibly expensive transaction fees"

> its less bulky remembering a string than shipping tonnes of gold across borders.

Assuming you completely disregard the computation costs, yes.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by auggierose on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @07:04AM (#30440167)

Card reader acting up is very different from your bank account being frozen for weeks.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by maccard on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @08:08AM (#30440545)

Agreed, however it's also an experience that almost everyone has had, and the straightforward solution (carry two cards from two different banks) _also_ tends to resolve the issue of your bank account being frozen.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by auggierose on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @08:25AM (#30440690)

I've never had that experience, and it is a bit ridiculous of you to claim that. I am sure if everyone had that experience, cashless wouldn't be so popular. Did you have that experience to be locked out of your bank account for weeks?

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by dustymcp on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:50AM (#30441593)

Have multiple creditcards aswell, i have a mastercard and a visa for this sort of thing

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