Digital IDs are a Trojan horse that quietly introduces serious generational risks to privacy, freedom, and personal autonomy under the cover of convenience and security.
They Rob You Of Your Privacy
They Centralise Control Over Access
They Put Your Data At Risk
What Starts As Voluntary May Become Mandatory
Convenience = Surveillance
Erosion of Consent and Choice
I am going to remain old school for as long as I can. I don't mind the inconvenience of always using cash. I don't mind that I can't shop online because I refuse to give my bank or card details to a computer. I don't mind going to the supermarket to buy my food. I don't mind that I pay my gas, electricity, and water bills at the Post Office with cash, it's convenient for me.
It's convenient for me to get a monthly paper bank statement in the post. It takes two minutes for me to check it because I only have two long standing direct debits coming out every month.
I decide when I am going to pay my Council Tax, and how much. They send me an annual bill in the post. It will all be paid by the end of the year, at the Post Office in cash.
My common sense will see me through.
Have a good weekend. Toodle pip. ilona
Our local high school has gone to a digital ticket system for football games. If someone decides to go last minute will they turn them away as they stand there with cash in their hand?? It makes no sense. It’s a high school football game in a small rural town. It’s crazy.
ReplyDeleteThat's ridiculous. It's clear why they do that. Indoctrinating the kids early so they grow up to think that's normal. Youngsters are the next generation, they must be brainwashed first so they are fully conversant with the digital world when us oldies kick the bucket. They should make a stand now and say no. Refuse to go to a football match unless they can pay cash. But they won't.
DeleteWhat worries me is all these banks, shops and other businesses keep getting hacked. So nobody knows who or which country has access to all our private information, including card details, names DOB address ètc. Quite frightening really
ReplyDeleteIt is a worry Sally, but the trouble is that many are blind to the possibilities that things might go tits up. Wait till they are unable to access their own money. It will happen. We are marching towards that now.
DeleteDo you pay cash for petrol as well?
ReplyDeleteYes.
DeleteI pay cash for everything. If it's card only I don't shop there. Keep up the good work Ilona
DeleteI completely agree with you ilona. I too use cash for everything I can. I'm 55 and I think it's quite scary the way things are going and at such a pace. Nick
ReplyDeleteWe can try and slow things down by insist on paying as much as we can with cash. And walking away from a company that won't accept our cash.
DeleteI love to pay for most things with cash.my mum is eighty she pays cash too .All this talk about snooping into our bank accounts is nothing private anymore.If they do away will cash they will have more controll over us and that's a real worry to me.I hate the thought of my every transaction being watched.xx
ReplyDeleteOur privacy is being eroded piece by piece. They are robbing us of our dignity, of our autonomy, and turning us into lemmings. When this transformation is complete all they have to do is push us over the edge of a cliff.
DeleteI find it. Dry convenient to pay with my smart phone. Just love it. So much more secure than carrying cash around.
DeleteKeep practicing with your mini keyboard Janie, because one day you might actually get the hang of pressing the right buttons.
DeleteI absolutely hate this push towards digital ID and wish more people would stand against it. I’m currently in the process of selling my late Dad’s house. The estate agents put me in contact with an online conveyancing firm where I discovered I’d have to prove my identity by submitting my passport and driving licence details to an online app - Credas. A lot of companies are using this system. I refused and found a solicitor who was happy for me to take my documents to their office.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a nightmare, tbg. We have to prove who we are every step of the way. It's the fact that everything has to be done online which has created this distrust. I will have a massive task when I come to decide what to do with my house. I will probably go to an office and speak to someone. I want face to face interaction.
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