Mwalimu@baraza.africa to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoGlobal IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners saywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10cross-posted to: bitcoin@lemmy.mlcryptocurrency@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareNorgur@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhat good is cash gonna do if the networked cash register doesn’t open anymore?
minus-squareᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey have paper and pens that they can track their transactions until the system is fixed.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoSomebody’s never worked retail. Yeah, there’s no way they’ll do that. Maybe at a small independently-owned store? Otherwise, there’s no way they’re even allowed to do that!
What good is cash gonna do if the networked cash register doesn’t open anymore?
They have paper and pens that they can track their transactions until the system is fixed.
Somebody’s never worked retail. Yeah, there’s no way they’ll do that. Maybe at a small independently-owned store? Otherwise, there’s no way they’re even allowed to do that!