The Biden admin was about to regulate data brokers but then Trump happened.

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The horseshoe theory of mass surveillance

Right away.

This was mandated by the 2021 infrastructure bill. I was hoping it got scrapped but apparently not.

Tomahawk to the toe across the map. Classic.

I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m wondering if it would be possible to buy a Google Pay compatible virtual debit prepaid card with monero, like $50-$100 and use a card writer to put it on a plastic card to use in store. Then just buy another one after its depleted and rewrite the card with new details, rinse and repeat. That seems like the closest thing to digital cash you can get without xmr being accepted by merchants.

I second this. Lawnchair is great.