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I wonder if now the governments there consider people using cash "suspicious", just like the US gov considers not having a Facebook account suspicious, or how t
by higherpurpose 12y ago
I wonder if now the governments there consider people using cash "suspicious", just like the US gov considers not having a Facebook account suspicious, or how the Spanish Court in a recent case considered encrypting your e-mail end to end as "suspicious".
- HeyLaughingBoy 12y agoWhy do you believe "the US gov" (and which branch and agency, specifically) considers not having a Facebook account suspicious?
- silb 12y agoThis is true in Norway. Merchants are required by law to report cash purchases over a certain amount to the tax authorities.
- sliverstorm 12y agoThe same has been true for cash withdraws from the bank over a certain amount, for decades. "Suspicious" isn't quite the right word, as there are plenty of legitimate reasons. But the cost (reviewing a small number of large withdraws) vs. probability of detection is good.
- waps 12y agoThe scary part is how low that amount is. It's something like 1000 euro/day and 3000 euro/week. There's also a yearly value. It's been going down over time (by a lot, used to be 5000 euro/day only when the euro was introduced).