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

Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Sure, but if a cyber attack knocks out your credit card systems in a targeted attack, chances are they’re taking your cash machines down as well.

And who carries enough cash around to be useful any more? I know I don’t. I might have a £20 note tucked in my phone case at a push.

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kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

And who carries enough cash around to be useful any more?

I do. Maybe not physically in my pocket, but between my wallet and my home there’s enough cash to buy a tank of gas and a few days of groceries.

Parts of the debit/credit processing system are fragile enough that I’ve seen them down randomly for signifigant portions of a day.

Cash has got me food when other people have been stuck without the ability to pay more than once in the last couple of years.

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