Warning: You Might Be a Terrorist If You Buy Your Morning Coffee With Cash
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Bad news, New Yorkers: every time you buy one dollar coffee from that dude in the food cart outside your office, someone is secretly wondering if you’re a terrorist in disguise.
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According to IT World:

“Using cash for small purchases like a cup of coffee, gum and other items is a good indication that a person is trying to pass for normal without leaving the kind of paper trail created using a debit or credit card for small purchases.”

The flyers, which were posted online by the political watchdog group Public Intelligence, either contain reporting guidelines which are so obvious as to be useless, or target behaviors that most normal people engage in on a daily basis.

For example, the general public is advised to look out for people asking “questions regarding sensitive information such as security procedures or systems,” which, just… duh. But alternately, you should also be on the lookout for people “demonstrating little interest in an activity,” “mumbling to themselves,” or talking on cell phones. So, everyone in New York, basically.