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Cash is really easy to use and is accepted everywhere. There's no similarly elegant solution for mobile connectivity if you want to stop revealing metadata info
by jlund 13y ago
Cash is really easy to use and is accepted everywhere. There's no similarly elegant solution for mobile connectivity if you want to stop revealing metadata information.
- greenyoda 13y agoWell, not really everywhere. If you tried to buy an airline ticket with cash, you'd be subject to a lot of scrutiny.
- djf1 13y agoDoesn't negate your point, but I checked out of curiosity, and at least with American Airlines, it is easy to buy an airline ticket with cash. http://www.aa.com/i18n/reservations/paymentOptions/cashPayments.jsp http://www.aa.com/i18n/reservations/paymentOptions/cashPayme...
- dredmorbius 13y ago"Legal tender for all debts, public and private".
- Amadou 13y ago> "Legal tender for all debts, public and private". Yes, debts being the operative term here. You don't incur a debt until you receive the product. Airline tickets are paid for in advance so the customer never incurs a debt.
- femto 13y agoGiven the number of network connected machines that cash passes though (ATMs, ticket machines, counting machines, ...), I'd assume that such machines would be routinely scanning the serial number of each note. Couple that with an account number, or the CCTV that is usually pointed at any cash handling machine, and I'd posit that the anonymity of cash is eroding.