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"Since I object to general surveillance, I use cash for ordinary retail purchases. I use a credit card only in the situations where I am forced to disclose my identity anyway: car rental, airplane tickets, and hotels."

http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html

"If you buy by credit card, companies and governments can monitor what you buy, too. So I buy things with cash. If the business says 'no cash', say 'no sale'.

http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html

"I never use self-checkout machines unless a store gives me no choice..."

http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html

How does he get hold of cash? He must at least have an ATM-compatible card. In what bank?

I had to chuckle at this but banks far superseded his passion for completely open sourced solutions so I think he just tolerates it like we all do...

The Free Banking Foundation.

Bitcoin?

He is speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in London this weekend.

https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers

How about an "open vault" bank?

He keeps all his savings in the form of bath soap.

Richard Stallman's Bank Account