Some ATMs track the serial numbers of the bills you get. Even then, though, it’s more private than a card. Unless they have video of you shoving the bills into a machine for payment, say at Walmart self-checkout, they really don’t know how many hands the bills passed through before they passed through a reader again. Also, good if you can get a store to break the large bills for you. Then, they only know that you paid for a pack of gum with a 100-dollar bill.
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architectonas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Paying with cash is the most private method. I hope it stays.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You already can’t in so many places. I thought it was required to accept cash, but apparently that’s only for paying the government.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Cash is required to be accepted to clear a debt.
Cash is not required to be accepted to make a purchase.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s how I understand it. Cash is legal tender and has to be accepted to clear debts, so restaurants where you pay after you eat might not be able to refuse cash (though I don’t think there’s a requirement to provide change), though they can refuse all future business with you.
elephantium@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Still infuriating. I have actual money but can’t use it? Ugh.
Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
You mean Friends lied to me!?