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<h3>30-4-2015: 1970 Researchers Predicted Debit Cards Would be Great for Surveillance</h3>
<p>"Suppose you were an advisor to the head of the KGB,
the Soviet Secret Police. Suppose you are given the
assignment of designing a system for the surveillance of all
citizens and visitors within the boundaries of the USSR. The
system is not to be too obtrusive or obvious. What would be
your decision?"<br>
The think tank RAND essentially answered this question with
a blueprint for modern payment systems. Taler offers an
escape from the financial panopticon.
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<p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/1970s-researchers-predicted-debit-cards-would-be-great-1699216972" role="button">Source</a></p>
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