• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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    14 hours ago

    How do you deal with permanent addresses? I know like some jobs want you to have a permanent address and bank accounts want you to have a permanent address.

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      7 hours ago

      I’d consider getting a really cheap, small chunk of rural land and boondocking there sometimes (so nobody can claim it’s not actually a residence of yours).

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      My residence is registered at my parents house. I’m fortunate for that – not sure what I’ll do when they pass.

      The companies I work for are typically smaller - my bosses and teams usually know I’m a bit of a vagrant. When I get acquired by larger companies I’m a little more tight lipped and vigilant with VPN use.

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      There are mailbox services, you get a permanent address, they can email you your mail.

      Banks are more sticky, they don’t just want a permanent address, they want your place of residence. If you’re always on the move, you can have an intended place of residence… They may not accept the commercial mailbox service addresses, and in that case most people use a friend or a relative as their official banking location, but use the mailbox service for all of the mail. I live here, but I get mail there. That works for most people

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        out of interest, whats the deal with banks needing to know where you sleep at night?

        is it a serfdom thing?

        or is it only in the case of eg. that being the place you hold a mortgage with them on?

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          4 hours ago

          The Patriot act required banks to know their customers, explicitly knowing their place of residence. For people who have a non-standard place of residence, digital nomads, homeless people, etc it becomes difficult

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            fascinating, thanks.

            no doubt ushered in under some notion of “protecting” us from well funded groups, yet mysteriously didn’t include a minimum threshold so poor folks with $4.25 in their account are still included in these broad sweeping laws.

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        9 hours ago

        Okay, that’s good to know. Until we can ditch the entire banking system for crypto wallets on our phone, that bank account issue is going to be a bit of a noose around people’s necks.