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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by ops on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:40PM (#31018499)
How do you know the tor exit nodes and/or VPN aren't being ran by your authoritarian government?
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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by neb_b on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:50PM (#31018629)
You don't, but all of this makes it harder to track.

Even if the government can track you through all of this, you can setup your private keys in a way that your family can still access your money if the government arrests you.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by float4 on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:34PM (#31019182)
https://xkcd.com/538
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Re:Ask HN: Why do negative crypto articles dominate on HN? by mcphage on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @05:03PM (#31020232)
It's funny that this comic is from long enough ago that "Crypto" referred to "Cryptography", and yet it is still relevant :-)
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