That wasn't my point. My point is that US/UK companies are known for selling data that they are supposed to protect. Compare that to EU companies.
Re:DuckDuckGo's traffic keeps growing
by paulddraper on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:25PM
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I understood your point to be "US/UK companies by definition cannot be private" (i.e. for legal reasons). Which I think is true but a relatively minor problem compared to the status quo.
If your point was "US/UK companies in practice are not usually private", that is probably true.
There is a HUGE difference between "we give your information to advertisers (or ourselves, if an advertiser)" and "we give your information to law enforcement when legally required."
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"You are aware US/UK banks by definition cannot be secure regardless of what they say about themselves."
Yes, but it's a far cry from just leaving my cash on my doorstep.
Replace your checking account with Bitcoin if you want, but a bank offers enough security/privacy for most people.
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> If you want privacy use EU companies.
The EU has gone back and forth on wanting to allow/forbid backdoors.