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Re:Israel bans use of cash for purchases larger than NIS 6k ... by ilammy on Friday July 29, 2022 @05:36PM (#32282047)
> No need for the government to actually check using information.

But do they need to check that for every citizen without a warrant in close to real-time? Is panopticon the only way for it to be effective? Is this what citizens want?

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Re:Israel bans use of cash for purchases larger than NIS 6k ... by themacguffinman on Saturday July 30, 2022 @02:17AM (#32284707)
No one needs to do anything. You are free to vote for a regression to the era when financial crimes were rampant and almost impossible to discover, let alone investigate.
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