Yep. I actually checked just to make sure, and Vietnam shut down the accounts because the owners had refused to add biometric data demanded by the government and banks. I have lost ~$1000 for that very reason, because the freedom I have is worth far more than any tokens that were being used to extort me into giving the evil banksters that biometric data. I am certain it is more valuable to me to not have my biometric data in the database the bank itself will misuse and sell on, as well as fail to protect with care and allow hackers to gain and misuse that information in even worse ways, and because it's biometric data I can never, ever change, that would cause me suffering all the rest of my life, than it is to keep that ~$1000 I had.
However, that reminds me, I need to keep at that evil bank and demand my $1000 they had no right to just take. I'm not going to use my biometric data as ID ever, no matter what it costs, because the cost of my biometric data being abused can be absolute slavery that I can never escape. That doesn't mean I gave away my money to that extortionate bank. I can make that in a day working, but I sure as hell don't want to work to enable evil banksters to spend my money doing evil.
The US. I took some payment for materials by check for an out of state client, and paid the price for using a bank to do it. I know better, and - as usual - pilot error has been the cause of weakness that allowed evil banksters to do me harm. Dunno how else to handle such payments, and I don't want to deprive good people of my work just because they don't use Hive (which is the only crypto I can take, although I don't use it as money and haven't arranged any means to do so). They can't mail me cash to reimburse me. I'm actually awaiting payment for more materials that I refuse to accept other than by handing it over in person as a result.
Despite it would create extra trips and more work, I may have to select materials and create orders remote clients can pay for over the phone instead.
Yep. I actually checked just to make sure, and Vietnam shut down the accounts because the owners had refused to add biometric data demanded by the government and banks. I have lost ~$1000 for that very reason, because the freedom I have is worth far more than any tokens that were being used to extort me into giving the evil banksters that biometric data. I am certain it is more valuable to me to not have my biometric data in the database the bank itself will misuse and sell on, as well as fail to protect with care and allow hackers to gain and misuse that information in even worse ways, and because it's biometric data I can never, ever change, that would cause me suffering all the rest of my life, than it is to keep that ~$1000 I had.
However, that reminds me, I need to keep at that evil bank and demand my $1000 they had no right to just take. I'm not going to use my biometric data as ID ever, no matter what it costs, because the cost of my biometric data being abused can be absolute slavery that I can never escape. That doesn't mean I gave away my money to that extortionate bank. I can make that in a day working, but I sure as hell don't want to work to enable evil banksters to spend my money doing evil.
The US. I took some payment for materials by check for an out of state client, and paid the price for using a bank to do it. I know better, and - as usual - pilot error has been the cause of weakness that allowed evil banksters to do me harm. Dunno how else to handle such payments, and I don't want to deprive good people of my work just because they don't use Hive (which is the only crypto I can take, although I don't use it as money and haven't arranged any means to do so). They can't mail me cash to reimburse me. I'm actually awaiting payment for more materials that I refuse to accept other than by handing it over in person as a result.
Despite it would create extra trips and more work, I may have to select materials and create orders remote clients can pay for over the phone instead.
AFAIK, only one of my clients even knows what crypto is.