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Re:News is bad for you by ceol on Thursday December 12, 2013 @10:21PM (#6898891)
Because the government making your life miserable by freezing your account is just as common as someone stealing your credit card, right?
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Re:News is bad for you by Karunamon on Friday December 13, 2013 @10:14AM (#6900865)
I bet people losing their bitcoin wallets to an intruder (or indeed any file on their computer) happens less often than credit card theft.
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Re:News is bad for you by snth on Friday December 13, 2013 @11:25AM (#6901327)
Well, credit cards are a lot more widely used than bitcoin. So base rate fallacy.
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