Digital I.D

[CygnusX1]

You could try exchanging it for goods and/or services. It may catch on.

It’ll be invested wisely in my local hair emporium tomorrow

 

[Smurph]

In studio 95?

Won't get much with a tenner these days.

 

[Jack2jack]

I don’t no, do you shop online? Got your bank card on your phone? It’s already happening or has happened. I know there are some folk out there that don’t shop online or have their bank details on their phones, but I’d imagine the number is relatively small to those that do.

Nobody likes change, but it mostly happens anyway.

You should always have a choice, if choices are taken away we are on a slippery slope.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Won't get much with a tenner these days.

May get the wash bit of the wash and…

 

[Smurph]

May get the wash bit of the wash and…

They've gone all self service.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

In studio 95?

Enough for a wash and wank maybe. 30 years ago.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Enough for a wash and wank maybe. 30 years ago.

Oh you already did that one

 

[exiledclaseboy]

You should always have a choice, if choices are taken away we are on a slippery slope.

That’s a fallacy. You don’t have a choice if you want to drive, travel, have a bank account etc.

 

[Swanjaxs]

This thread just shows how resigned we are to Corporate control.

Im instinctively against this but the World has moved on (sadly) the fusion of State and Corporate control is now pretty much complete.

I’m not a luddite but for me the pace is leading to a loss of control and freedom. I like to help micro businesses with cash if I can. I also think it’s essential for elderly people.

Soon our lives will all be controlled by that little thing in our pockets. I society is poorer for it personally.

Oh I dunno mind, all for being tracked me, only the bad people need to worry, if my house gets burgled (I've got doorbell and cctv cameras fitted) or I get mugged minding my own business then the bad people should be caught very soon, and the bad people know this, whats not to like Big fan of being "tracked" me ...

 

[Niigata Jack]

I've been cashless since the start of covid, if a shop or pub wants cash (which they are perfectly entitled to) I'll move on.

I always like to have cash on me, I like to keep 50 to a ton in my wallet, think I got a tenner in it at moment, because we usually have a takeaway delivered on a Saturday and the cash here is in my wallet so money I have dwindles away.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I don’t no, do you shop online? Got your bank card on your phone? It’s already happening or has happened. I know there are some folk out there that don’t shop online or have their bank details on their phones, but I’d imagine the number is relatively small to those that do.

Nobody likes change, but it mostly happens anyway.

Its convienent I use paypal a lot of the time online or credit card rather than my bank debit cards.

 

[Jack2jack]

That’s a fallacy. You don’t have a choice if you want to drive, travel, have a bank account etc.

Could you expand on that statement.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I found a £10 note on the pavement last Sunday. Is there a digital equivalent?

Goes to check wallet to see if my tenner is still residing in it

 

[rockinj]

Oh I dunno mind, all for being tracked me, only the bad people need to worry, if my house gets burgled (I've got doorbell and cctv cameras fitted) or I get mugged minding my own business then the bad people should be caught very soon, and the bad people know this, whats not to like Big fan of being "tracked" me ...

This is a very popular argument and one with some merit. But i definitely sit on the wing that maybe fine in most cases. But let’s say we have a Farage takeover and be gets rid of things like the human rights act and all other elements.

Be careful what you wish for. True YOU maybe fine but what happens when they start splitting up families, people who are lgbt etc because a nefarious Gov uses powers that encroach.

I do agree that largely things like CCTV have helped with crime but face recognition software is not perfect by any stretch.

How much more creeping encroachment and intervention into lives is acceptable. Or are we happy to sacrifice it all to feel a bit safer in our beds especially as a heterosexual white man.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Could you expand on that statement.

Well if you want to drive you need a licence. If you want to travel you need a passport. If you want to do either of those things and many others thing, including opening a bank account or getting credit, you need to probe who you are somehow. My point is that it’s the illusion of choice. All this stuff, the databases etc already exist.