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

submitted 3 months ago by mwalimu@baraza.africa to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] prism@lemmy.one 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. I would love to see a law requiring businesses to accept cash where possible. That sort of law already exists at state and local levels in the US, would like to see it adopted in the UK.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There already is a lawyer in the UK that says that.

[–] UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

One would think that there would be more than just one lawyer who says that.. Oh well.. :)

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Interestingly, the EU is moving in the other direction, with many places requiring that you accept card payments, with cash being optional.