[iamsb]

Other than food and drinks, I have not really bought anything using cash in last couple of years. Everything else it seems I have been buying using a debit card, online or offline.

So I am bit a lost on how this protects privacy. Is this only important in context of services such as legal prostitution, drug use etc where having cash transaction will feel safer? If that is the case, I am sure those businesses will continue to operate in cash-ful manner. If there are other use cases, please do share.

As an aside Austria is the first country I came across where the immigration website uses phrase "third country workers"[1], which is mildly disappointing to see.

[1] - https://www.migration.gv.at/en/welcome/

[bmn__]

Why does the phrase disappoint you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_country_national