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What a CASHLESS society REALLY means (links.hackliberty.org)

submitted 5 months ago by c0mmando@links.hackliberty.org to c/privacy@links.hackliberty.org

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's been at least a decade since I've seen a homeless person without a phone. Free government phones are easy to get. They all have them.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516785/

However, little is known about homeless adults’ technology access and use. Utilizing data from a study of 421 homeless adults moving into PSH, this paper presents descriptive technology findings, and compares results to age-matched general population data. The vast majority (94%) currently owned a cell phone, although there was considerable past 3-month turnover in phones (56%) and phone numbers (55%). More than half currently owned a smartphone, and 86% of those used Android operating systems. Most (85%) used a cell phone daily, 76% used text messaging, and 51% accessed the Internet on their cell phone. One-third reported no past 3-month Internet use

Based on that study, many have a cell phone, but not all of them have smart phones. There's also a lot of turnover.

I've never had a homeless person ask me to venmo them some money.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

in other countries outside of the USA, you can use phone credit as money. Since you can transfer phone credit to people, and credit is stored as a money amount... it's easy.

No smart tech needed. Just a free sms.

[–] englislanguage@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Which country is giving away free phones? I have never heard that before.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Wait a few weeks and Google will be giving away free phones, just so they can track everybody. Wait a couple more weeks, and having a tracked phone will be mandatory.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I apologize for not clarifying that I'm in the US