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		mvieira38 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brazil's government-run payments system has become... Yup. Despite how magical and convenient Pix is, I still consider returning to cash just for the huge privacy liability of using Pix. But it's so engrained in the culture now that you can't really use anything else

azlev 11 months ago [–]

As a São Paulo citizen, I really don't recommend cash due robbery. Privacy may be a 1st world problem, but here, assault is a real concern.

freddie_mercury 11 months ago | [–]

Even in America it is an issue. Younger Americans maybe don't realise how prevalent muggings used to be when cash was common.

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