I didn’t see any english articles about that, bit just recently it made the rounds in german speaking news outlets that cash is very well trackable. Thanks to the individual serial number on every euro bill, the can track you from the ATM to the bar. And banks, big supermarkets etc. already do it. There is even a German company selling this data.
I didn’t see any english articles about that, bit just recently it made the rounds in german speaking news outlets that cash is very well trackable. Thanks to the individual serial number on every euro bill, the can track you from the ATM to the bar. And banks, big supermarkets etc. already do it. There is even a German company selling this data.
More information (unfortunately in german): https://netzpolitik.org/2025/bargeld-tracking-du-hast-ueberwachungsinstrumente-im-portemonnaie/