Re:Rhetoric around the blockchain hints at problems with tec...
by vkou on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:11PM
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> Payment processors have also been known to discriminate against perfectly legal businesses for a long list of random things some old jackass in a suit decided were too 'unsavory'.
Typically, it's because of fraud, not unsavory-ness. Fraud on the customer's side, not the business'.
The solution to that is not making every transaction put the weight of fraud solely on the customer.
Payment processors have also been known to discriminate against perfectly legal businesses for a long list of random things some old jackass in a suit decided were too 'unsavory'.
I think these organizations are wrong to meddle so much rather than being passive facilitators as originally envisioned. They have a right to exclude things which put their assets at risk, as well as a legal obligation to assist law enforcement where appropriate, but beyond that neutrality and privacy should be the rule.