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Valid point (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 50 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Paying with cash is the most private method. I hope it stays.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    You already can't in so many places. I thought it was required to accept cash, but apparently that's only for paying the government.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Cash is required to be accepted to clear a debt.

    Cash is not required to be accepted to make a purchase.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    That's how I understand it. Cash is legal tender and has to be accepted to clear debts, so restaurants where you pay after you eat might not be able to refuse cash (though I don't think there's a requirement to provide change), though they can refuse all future business with you.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Some ATMs track the serial numbers of the bills you get. Even then, though, it's more private than a card. Unless they have video of you shoving the bills into a machine for payment, say at Walmart self-checkout, they really don't know how many hands the bills passed through before they passed through a reader again. Also, good if you can get a store to break the large bills for you. Then, they only know that you paid for a pack of gum with a 100-dollar bill.

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