To me, this feels like another attempt to spy on citizens. Maybe not today, but having all transaction data forever in a database means that any time in the fut

To me, this feels like another attempt to spy on citizens. Maybe not today, but having all transaction data forever in a database means that any time in the future, your perceived privacy of today can be made undone by doing a query of your date. You do have something to hide, you just don't know it yet. Do you like phat ladies? Own a dog? Are left-leaning? Transacted with Mo? Anything you do today could be a problem tomorrow! See also: https://wikiless.org/wiki/1943_bombing_of_the_Amsterdam_civil_registry_office https://wikiless.org/wiki/1943_bombing_of_the_Amsterdam_civi...