Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ...
by undreren on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @04:42PM
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Governments could easily use private data to blackmail or silence you, even if you’ve done nothing illegal.
This is perhaps the primary reason that the right of privacy even exists.
Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ...
by yellowapple on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @07:57PM
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Governments could also easily freeze bank accounts, even if you've done nothing illegal.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin directly mitigate (if not outright prevent) that risk.
Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ...
by undreren on Thursday September 15, 2022 @01:03AM
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Governments can also violate all your other rights as well. But this completely irrelevant to the post I responded to.
Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ...
by yellowapple on Thursday September 15, 2022 @04:41PM
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It's absolutely relevant. You replied with one way a government can violate your rights and the importance of mitigating that violation. I replied with another way a government can violate your rights and the importance of mitigating that violation.
Re:One year on, El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment has proven ...
by MomoXenosaga on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:08PM
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Privacy isn't absolute otherwise we wouldn't have CPS.
What are the others, in the specific context of this conversation (which is privacy from the government, not from random other citizens)?