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Looking for reverse copycat? Just kidding. Taringa used to be the Reddit in Spanish (well, at least for South America), with really interesting content. Microsiervos.com was probably the best tech/curiosities blog in Spanish, and a few days ago I visited and it is still active (from 2006 I think).
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Good point, I should have mentioned that cash is still accepted almost everywhere. I think the crime thing might not be a direct link, as a bank robber and an opportunistic street thief are probably different people. There is less opportunistic crime than elsewhere as a big driver of crime is people's situation which, in general, aren't bad enough to resort to crime. I'm still unnerved by the lax security everywhere,…
On the other hand, BankID has really taken of as the main fraud avenue. It's so much easier to just look someone up, punch in their personal number, start a log in to the bank and then call them up saying someone is trying to steal their money, they need to stop it by verifying their identity with BankID. This instead logs the attacker in to the bank with full access. Now you just need to start a transfer to your ban…