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CashApp, Venmo, Apple Pay, PayPal and even Zelle are actually more common than I would have thought among sex workers; way more popular than crypto. CashApp esp
by anotherthrowezc 6y ago
CashApp, Venmo, Apple Pay, PayPal and even Zelle are actually more common than I would have thought among sex workers; way more popular than crypto. CashApp especially as CashApp does not reveal your real name.
It's not that Gaetz was a "genius" for using CashApp, it's already incredibly common. I don't believe most sex workers and their clients consider police enforcement a real threat, especially given how lax prostitution laws are enforced if you keep out of the public eye. Most sex workers are probably more worried about men who would leak their info or stalk them. So in terms of relative importance privacy is a top concern, but having a traceable ledger isn't (because the police are unlikely to spend the money to throw you behind bars). In fact it's harder to get infromatino from CashApp than it is from Bitcoin. After all a SW's wallet is probably public and at this stage of the investigation it wouldn't be hard to get Gaetz wallet as well.
That said, if I were Gaetz and for whatever reason I needed to pay minors for sex I'd seek help. Failing that I would probably exclusively use cash or dead drops.