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Cashless society, forced banking, and the War on Cash

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In many regions people are being forced patronize banks. This community is for that discussion regardless of which side of the war on cash you are on.

The war on cash is war on privacy.

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Indiana police have dogs that sniff specifically for cash at the US’s 2nd biggest FedEx hub, then they simply keep the money (eu.indystar.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by activistPnk to c/cash
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(edit) Would someone please ship some counterfeit money through there and get it confiscated, so the police can then be investigated for spending counterfeit money?

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[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Infinite money glitch

[–] activistPnk 1 points 2 months ago

It’s not just the police action that’s disturbing. It’s the lack of transparency. FedEx cares about their own profits, so they have a disincentive to inform customers about what dogs in their hub are sniffing for. We only have this info because of journalists. That’s fucked up. Normal non-criminals should be informed about the risks of their lawful transaction. FedEx should have informed the jewelers of the risks.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately your suggestion will most likely just lead you to be investigated for counterfeiting money

[–] activistPnk 1 points 2 months ago

The sender would be anonymous of course. Normally the recipient cannot be anonymous (has to reach them), but in the case at hand the destination could indeed be a bogus address because the whole point is for it to not reach its destination. Name the GOP or some republican party HQ as the recipient.