Richard Stallman's Bank Account
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"Since I object to general surveillance, I use cash for ordinary retail purchases. I use a credit card only in the situations where I am forced to disclose my identity anyway: car rental, airplane tickets, and hotels."
http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html
"If you buy by credit card, companies and governments can monitor what you buy, too. So I buy things with cash. If the business says 'no cash', say 'no sale'.
http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html
"I never use self-checkout machines unless a store gives me no choice..."
http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html
http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html
"If you buy by credit card, companies and governments can monitor what you buy, too. So I buy things with cash. If the business says 'no cash', say 'no sale'.
http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html
"I never use self-checkout machines unless a store gives me no choice..."
http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html
How does he get hold of cash? He must at least have an ATM-compatible card. In what bank?
I had to chuckle at this but banks far superseded his passion for completely open sourced solutions so I think he just tolerates it like we all do...
The Free Banking Foundation.
Bitcoin?
He is speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in London this weekend.
https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers
https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers
How about an "open vault" bank?
He keeps all his savings in the form of bath soap.
Maybe its time to start an open source bank...