#### [CASH AND DIGITAL PAYMENTS MUST NOT BE EXCLUDING EACH OTHER, BUT MUST CO-LIVE TO AVOID THE CONCENTRATION OF POWER TOWARDS BANKING AND INSTITUTIONAL OLIGOPOLIES](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/cashless-governments-control/) #### [@privacy](https://lemmy.ml/c/privacy) > *"a cashless society would sound the death knell for small businesses, and wipe out any remaining privacy we have, paving the way for a fully-fledged surveillance system"* (thanks to [@zughy](https://livellosegreto.it/users/zughy) for reporting) **[sobel Cockerell's interview with Brett Scott has been published on Coda Story](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/cashless-governments-control/)**

What to do if citizens protest to ask the German government to oppose the widespread mass interception program on private messaging wanted by the European Commission and approved by the European Parliament? Simple: let's do terrorism to scare the population! > "[From 2020 to 2021, the hosting of child pornography content in Germany has increased tenfold!](https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/germany-hotspot-for-hosting-child-porn-as-berlin-wrestles-with-commission-over-prevention/)" [www.euractiv.com/section/data-…](https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/news/germany-hotspot-for-hosting-child-porn-as-berlin-wrestles-with-commission-over-prevention/)