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IT NewsHow Magnetic Fonts Twisted Up Numbers And Saved Banking Forever - If you’ve ever looked at the bottom of a bank check, you probably glanced over som... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/02/10/how-magnetic-fonts-twisted-up-numbers-and-saved-banking-forever/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/02/10/how-magnetic-fonts-twisted-up-numbers-and-saved-banking-forever/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/financialsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#financialsystem</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/originalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#originalart</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#featured</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interest</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banking</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheques</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/checks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#checks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/check" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#check</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cmc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cmc</a>-7 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#e</a>-13b

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://girlcock.club/@unworthyBeatrix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@unworthyBeatrix</a> Yikes...Cuz like even online-first banks here are usuaply part of 1 of 3 major banking groups (Sparkasse [public banl], GAD-Fiducia [cooperative-owned credit unions] & Cash Group [DeutscheBank, Postbank et. al.] and due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEPA</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WireTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WireTransfer</a> we basically don't have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cheques</a> for 20+ years nowadays...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@noybeu</a> I just hope unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassAction</a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> that means <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporations</a> have to actually <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/undo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#undo</a> shit and not be able to just pay out some insultingly low <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/settlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#settlement</a> in the form of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheques</a> noone will cashout due to high fees!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnpopularOpinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnpopularOpinion</a>: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassAction</a> as a measure to deliver recourse against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporations</a> is inherently <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flawed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flawed</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unjust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unjust</a> and cements the fact that "If the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/penalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#penalty</a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fine</a>, it's only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illegal</a> for the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poor</a>"! In case you don't believe me that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClassActions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassActions</a> only exist to enrich <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirms</a> and allow any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporation</a> to send out insultingly-low <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheques</a>: <ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Valve</a> literally changed their [luckily illegal in places with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConsumerProtection</a> like the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a>] <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SteamSubscriberAgreement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SteamSubscriberAgreement</a> to basically force people [in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> and the rest of the world] to kiss their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steam</a> account goodbye <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0c8Kka8bko" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">if they choose to join a Class Action</a>.</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sony</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OtherOsSettlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtherOsSettlement</a> didn't force them to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reinstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reinstate</a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OtherOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OtherOs</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbRtQ4W8lPM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">functionality</a> on the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PS3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PS3</a> and only gave <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubiw5Ye2Yk&t=5s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US comsumers tiny cheques</a>! A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaXOE1sUYAE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">core functionality</a> that was as much of a seller of the product as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BackwardsCompatibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BackwardsCompatibility</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BluRay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BluRay</a> playback...</li><li>No Class Action against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> forced them to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/undo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#undo</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUaJ8pDlxi8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shit they purposefully designed into products</a> - espechally <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3e-b-7jCYk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">their</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiRepairDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiRepairDesign</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DRM</a> that basically requires a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbRKQ0OjQeE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RAT to authenticate parts</a> which they do <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTX8W4UZUA&t=258s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to this very day</a> and which they literally <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfwy-y5rCoc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patented</a>... </li></ul>(Don't even get me started on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifOifNBgyRg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shitshow</a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iCloudLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iCloudLock</a> which I hope the <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> will <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ban</a> as it's *infringing on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConsumerRights</a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#property</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzS2vwDUO9U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">causes thousands of tons of 100% avoidable</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eWaste</a>...)<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rant</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UScentrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UScentrism</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AmericaCentrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericaCentrism</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ValueRemoving</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RentSeeking</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Consumer</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PropertyRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PropertyRights</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ITsec</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SueHappy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SueHappy</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SueHappyCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SueHappyCulture</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@luckytran</a> OFC, since <a href="https://mastodon.nu/@gretathunberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gretathunberg</a> isn't writing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheques</a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> members but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOil</a> does!Welcome to your <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cleptocracy</a>:<ul><li>Better abolish it than getting.used to it!</li></ul><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig</a>

John Arnold_The Evening Post_, 19 Feb 1924: VALUELESS CHEQUES GALORE (ST TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, 18th February. William Bradley, 53 years, was committed to-day to the Supreme Court for sentence on nineteen charges of obtaining goods and cash by valueless <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheques</a>. There were four charges of forgery, and four charges of uttering. It is alleged the accused passed about 100 valueless cheques in the past six years in North Island towns, the face value of which is believed to amount to £1500 [ca. $180,000 today]. <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240219.2.148" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240219.2.148</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OTD</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PapersPast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PapersPast</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LawCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawCourts</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Banking</a>

Simon ZerafaRemember to date your Cheques with 2024 from Midnight tonight! 😉#2024 <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cheques</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://todon.eu/@maxi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@maxi</a> after all, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ec</a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CreditCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreditCard</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/payments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#payments</a> are deliberately designed to not be direct <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WireTransfers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WireTransfers</a> into <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bank</a> accounts.For once these were created in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> which to this day does not have an actually functioning <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WireTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WireTransfer</a> system that comes even close to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEPA</a> in terms of cost-efficiency, speed, availability and ease-of-use: People still get literal <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheques</a> to cashout decades after <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> phased out chequebooks and banned that even long before that.

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Nearly 15,000 cheques to help Manitobans with high cost of living marked 'return to sender' | CBC News <a href="https://bit.ly/3Xxhlmd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3Xxhlmd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manitoba</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CostOFLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CostOFLiving</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cheques</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReturnToSender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReturnToSender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mbpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mbpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/cdnpoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cdnpoli</a>

Dick Smiths Fair Go SupportersThis may sound controversial but…For suppressed people who value basic <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/digitalSovereignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalSovereignity</a>, knowing that almost all <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banks</a> in <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> are being man-in-the-middled (<a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/MitMd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MitMd</a>) by the likes of <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>, CloudFlare et al. We propose a weirdly radical solution…Start using <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/cheques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheques</a>.Call the bank and ask for a <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/chequeBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chequeBook</a>. The current <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/MitM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MitM</a> attackers cannot stop us from paying with a cheque and we can sign with a message of our choosing. *wink<a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/censorshipResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorshipResistance</a> <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/cloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cloudFlare</a> <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/stopCAGEMAFIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stopCAGEMAFIA</a>

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