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Richard Stallman's Bank Account

6 points by JoelJacobson 14y ago

Anyone knows if he even has one? If so, in what bank? What bank is 100% open source? Like his laptop and its BIOS. Maybe its time to start an open source bank...

googoobaby 14y ago
He keeps all his savings in the form of bath soap.
glazemaster 14y ago
How about an "open vault" bank?
machosx 14y ago
The Free Banking Foundation.
jason_slack 14y ago
I had to chuckle at this but banks far superseded his passion for completely open sourced solutions so I think he just tolerates it like we all do...
wmf 14y ago
Bitcoin?
- systemtrigger 14y ago
  He is speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in London this weekend. https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers
systemtrigger 14y ago
"Since I object to general surveillance, I use cash for ordinary retail purchases. I use a credit card only in the situations where I am forced to disclose my identity anyway: car rental, airplane tickets, and hotels." http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html "If you buy by credit card, companies and governments can monitor what you buy, too. So I buy things with cash. If the business says 'no cash', say 'no sale'. http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html "I never use self-checkout machines unless a store gives me no choice..." http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html
- JoelJacobson 14y ago
  How does he get hold of cash? He must at least have an ATM-compatible card. In what bank?
Recontemplation 14y ago
Stallman is an amazing programmer but the man is clearly out of touch with the real world. Remember, this is a man who publicly stated that the world was a better place upon hearing of the death of Steve Jobs. Software views aside, this shows some serious social maladjustment. This is also a guy who refuses to use a web browser because he is so paranoide about being tracked. He advises people to not own cellphone either. From his wikipedia - "Stallman recommends not owning a mobile phone, as he believes the tracking of cell phones creates harmful privacy issues. Also, Stallman avoids use of a key card to enter the building where his office is. Such a system would track doors entered and times. For personal reasons, he generally does not actively browse the web from his computer; rather, he uses wget and reads the fetched pages from his e-mail mailbox.."

6 points by JoelJacobson 14y ago

Anyone knows if he even has one? If so, in what bank? What bank is 100% open source? Like his laptop and its BIOS. Maybe its time to start an open source bank...

googoobaby 14y ago

He keeps all his savings in the form of bath soap.

glazemaster 14y ago

How about an "open vault" bank?

machosx 14y ago

The Free Banking Foundation.

jason_slack 14y ago

I had to chuckle at this but banks far superseded his passion for completely open sourced solutions so I think he just tolerates it like we all do...

wmf 14y ago

Bitcoin?

systemtrigger 14y ago
He is speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in London this weekend. https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers

systemtrigger 14y ago

"Since I object to general surveillance, I use cash for ordinary retail purchases. I use a credit card only in the situations where I am forced to disclose my identity anyway: car rental, airplane tickets, and hotels." http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html "If you buy by credit card, companies and governments can monitor what you buy, too. So I buy things with cash. If the business says 'no cash', say 'no sale'. http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html "I never use self-checkout machines unless a store gives me no choice..." http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html

JoelJacobson 14y ago
How does he get hold of cash? He must at least have an ATM-compatible card. In what bank?

Recontemplation 14y ago

Stallman is an amazing programmer but the man is clearly out of touch with the real world. Remember, this is a man who publicly stated that the world was a better place upon hearing of the death of Steve Jobs. Software views aside, this shows some serious social maladjustment. This is also a guy who refuses to use a web browser because he is so paranoide about being tracked. He advises people to not own cellphone either. From his wikipedia - "Stallman recommends not owning a mobile phone, as he believes the tracking of cell phones creates harmful privacy issues. Also, Stallman avoids use of a key card to enter the building where his office is. Such a system would track doors entered and times. For personal reasons, he generally does not actively browse the web from his computer; rather, he uses wget and reads the fetched pages from his e-mail mailbox.."