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Point being: no Germans are sitting over cheques, for anything. They virtually don't exist any more for private persons. The last cheque I've got was from an

• seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  I lived in Switzerland before so I know kind of how it works: the blue/pink slips for paying things are really convenient, you just don't need checks. And I lived in China for 9 years where checks don't exist either (because the trust system isn't really in place, so they went straight to QR-based mobile payments). In the USA, a lot of people don't use checks anymore for practical purposes (though there are some hold outs, and you might need to write a check once or twice every 5 years). Checks and cash are just things that you don't need to use anymore. I can't wait until I don't have to carry my credit card in my phone anymore (I already don't have to pull it out more than a couple of times a week). > Anyhow, the "digital health file" prototypes were hacked again and again and it's been delayed several times to get to tight privacy. That sounds like Germany, they are conservative like that, and they probably aren't wrong. Faxes aren't bad though, there are plenty of fax2email gateways that make them as convenient as receiving email.
  • froh 5y ago
    > That sounds like Germany, they are conservative like that, and they probably aren't wrong. Yes, yes and yes.