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Good luck when a bank decides to freeze your account because you called a politician a fat pig.

by AllegedAlec 3y ago

okokwhatever 3y ago
Anonymization is the next big think. And I'm not joking
seanhunter 3y ago
Are you referring to a specific incident here? Do you have a reference?
- kgeist 3y ago
  In my country, we have a similar system like in India (in fact, we copied it from them) and I've experienced this situation: a government-run gas company mistakenly claimed I owe them money, and the bank withdrew the claimed amount without due process, because they have some sort of mutual agreement that all their claims are legit unless I bring the issue to court. I won and they had to return the money.
  - seanhunter 3y ago
    How would that have been different had shops and local merchants been forced to accept cash?
    - kgeist 3y ago
      The government can't just take away all your cash on a whim without any notice. That's why, I guess, some people prefer cash. If you want to use cash, you want local shops to accept cash. Personally, I'm OK with being cashless.
      - arch-choot 3y ago
        Funnily enough, India did something similar to that - they overnight made 500 & 1000 rupee bills (the two highest value denomination - approx ~8 & 16USD at the time) illegitimate. There were ways to convert those to the new bills, slowly, and capped at a certain amount iirc. The goal was to "make illegal money" (i.e. tax evasion / sourced from corruption) useless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetis...
- blackshaw 3y ago
  Google "canadian trucker protest"
- AllegedAlec 3y ago
  https://weltwoche.ch/daily/deutsche-staatsanwaltschaft-jagt-blogger-der-vorwurf-er-habe-ricarda-lang-chefin-der-deutschen-gruenen-als-dick-bezeichnet-nun-wurde-ihm-auch-das-bankkonto-gesperrt/ https://weltwoche.ch/daily/deutsche-staatsanwaltschaft-jagt-... TLDR: blogger called a politician fat. The german prosecutors are considering prosecuting him and Deutsche Bank terminated his account.

Good luck when a bank decides to freeze your account because you called a politician a fat pig.

okokwhatever 3y ago

Anonymization is the next big think. And I'm not joking

seanhunter 3y ago

Are you referring to a specific incident here? Do you have a reference?

kgeist 3y ago
In my country, we have a similar system like in India (in fact, we copied it from them) and I've experienced this situation: a government-run gas company mistakenly claimed I owe them money, and the bank withdrew the claimed amount without due process, because they have some sort of mutual agreement that all their claims are legit unless I bring the issue to court. I won and they had to return the money.
- seanhunter 3y ago
  How would that have been different had shops and local merchants been forced to accept cash?
  - kgeist 3y ago
    The government can't just take away all your cash on a whim without any notice. That's why, I guess, some people prefer cash. If you want to use cash, you want local shops to accept cash. Personally, I'm OK with being cashless.
    - arch-choot 3y ago
      Funnily enough, India did something similar to that - they overnight made 500 & 1000 rupee bills (the two highest value denomination - approx ~8 & 16USD at the time) illegitimate. There were ways to convert those to the new bills, slowly, and capped at a certain amount iirc. The goal was to "make illegal money" (i.e. tax evasion / sourced from corruption) useless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetis...
blackshaw 3y ago
Google "canadian trucker protest"
AllegedAlec 3y ago
https://weltwoche.ch/daily/deutsche-staatsanwaltschaft-jagt-blogger-der-vorwurf-er-habe-ricarda-lang-chefin-der-deutschen-gruenen-als-dick-bezeichnet-nun-wurde-ihm-auch-das-bankkonto-gesperrt/ https://weltwoche.ch/daily/deutsche-staatsanwaltschaft-jagt-... TLDR: blogger called a politician fat. The german prosecutors are considering prosecuting him and Deutsche Bank terminated his account.