News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.. Parent comment

Re:This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first.... by gnosis on Thursday April 12, 2012 @08:07AM (#3831992)
"The authorities will simply obtain details from credit card companies and other financial institutions to get lists of all of Calyx's customers."

Not if they accept bitcoin, or some other anonymous currency.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first.... by rlpb on Thursday April 12, 2012 @10:18AM (#3832376)
Bitcoin is not anonymous. It's the opposite. Every transaction is public. And how do you propose to obtain the bitcoin in the first place?
[ Parent | on HN ]