Sorry I missed this reply and hope you still see mine. > You are telling a fatalist narrative which only helps the abandonment of cash, especially for small,

Sorry I missed this reply and hope you still see mine. > You are telling a fatalist narrative which only helps the abandonment of cash, especially for small, daily transactions, which matter most for privacy. I hope that's not true and this is the only point I dispute. Yes cash can be tracked, down to a single note, but it's extremely hard and expensive, as most of us here with a little more knowledge understand. No big conspiracies, just a sobering appraisal of the state of the art. What that knowledge does is debunk the political lie that digital cash is the only way to fight crime and money laundering etc. Now, we were going to do a Cybershow episode on drug dealers who accept Google and Apple pay, but shelved it because frankly I'm out of my depth journalistically and can't protect sources or navigate the risks of side effects. But it happens, and those companies collude (because it must be bloody obvious from the data). Meanwhile I think the front line is dispelling the "convenience myth". Convenience is such a dirty and dishonest word that most-times stands in for "something that makes me feel good". In reality I can pay cash for a round of drinks and tip the barmaid before my mates have got their phones out their pockets.