Mwalimu@baraza.africa to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoGlobal IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners saywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down136cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipbitcoin@lemmy.mlcryptocurrency@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·4 months agoYour global systemic hypotheticals are flawed in that they don’t match what actually occurred. Every electronic system didn’t crash. Using cash to buy things was still possible at many places, while people who only had cards couldn’t.
Your global systemic hypotheticals are flawed in that they don’t match what actually occurred. Every electronic system didn’t crash. Using cash to buy things was still possible at many places, while people who only had cards couldn’t.