[2015-09-30] Guardian - does a cashless economy make for a surveillance state?

[gentlemand]

Some reflections on cashlessness, negative interest rates and Bitcoin.

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/sep/30/1984-does-a-cashless-economy-make-for-a-surveillance-state

[tiggytomb]

Nice article.  It has entered my mind a few times, are we moving forward towards a big brotber world with everything being tracked, although we could be free from the banks with cryptocurrency, we would also be losing a bit of our freedom, not even Bitcoin is 100% anon. 

It's not for eveyone but Alex Jones had a documentary a few years ago relating to this "Cashless Society"