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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

One problem no one has mentioned, is that it also makes life a lot harder for homeless people. I guess they need to open a bank account and start writing their account number on a cardboard.

And you need a permanent address for a bank account. Unfortunately, that's a feature of the cashless movement not a bug. Anything to make the lives of people experiencing homelessness harder.