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Re: "The war on privacy continues, Binance delist the privacy..."
@mediocregopher I agree, these privacy tools definitely have valuable uses and it's likely a net positive for society that they exist. I support Tor strongly and run a Snowflake entry node.
However, that doesn't mean that I'm blind to the uses for these tools either. They are primarily used for obfuscating crimes, whether that be your local authoritative government's propaganda and censorship laws, or laws against certain controlled substances, etc.
I'm not saying that no legal use for them exists. I use Tor as a kind of VPN to watch geofenced content sometimes. But you can't pretend that they don't serve the other purpose too.
Feb 12 · 3 months ago
The war on privacy continues, Binance delist the privacy crypto currency Monero — It’s not really a surprise but Binance, the bullshit casino that dump all kind of dubious pump ’n’ dump delisted Monero a privacy first crypto currency, that is built to provide strong privacy and protection to its users. With all the discussion to ban strong encryption or to backdoor it It feels increasingly similar to the crypto wars in the early 90 with PGP. There is a relenthless push and a blend of...
💬 ElectricalDance · 7 comments · 2 likes · Feb 07 · 4 months ago