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Mwalimu@baraza.africa to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago

Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

www.theguardian.com

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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

www.theguardian.com

Mwalimu@baraza.africa to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 10 months ago
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Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out
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    They have paper and pens that they can track their transactions until the system is fixed.

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      Simply not allowed for a lot of businesses in my country, either by the government or corporate.

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      Somebody’s never worked retail. Yeah, there’s no way they’ll do that. Maybe at a small independently-owned store? Otherwise, there’s no way they’re even allowed to do that!

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      How are you getting change?

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        Use exact change?

        If we’re going cash only, I’m bringing those coins too.

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