Comment on Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats

KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• oldfart@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Taler e-money is issued with a validity period. One month before the expiration date, you wallet should automatically exchange any digital cash that is about to expire for new digital cash with an extended validity period.

  Haha no, thanks. I really don’t understand why Stallman stands behind dystopian statist money.

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  • KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think the idea was that you can’t hoard anything, and stealing or reusing is harder. But it does make the central management way more powerful than it should be. But it’s normal bank standard.

    What do you mean with “dystopian statist money”?

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Woot! It’s been a while since I looked into Taler, but I’ve long held that we should be using it or something like it for digital transactions. I’d love a browser extension that compensates creators for removing ads, for example, and I think this would be a fantastic way to do it. But having it at a national level is even better!

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  • KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, I think so too. It should replace bank transactions completely.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I hope someone posts here when/if they decide to adopt it, because I’d love to hear more details about it.

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