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IMO simpler is better. A legal guarantee for anonymity that might end up being backed by complex technology is worse than a legal guarantee that you can pay wit
by _yosefk 11y ago
IMO simpler is better. A legal guarantee for anonymity that might end up being backed by complex technology is worse than a legal guarantee that you can pay with paper money regardless of anonymity. That's because paper is less likely to have an unnoticed back door (what anonymity does Bitcoin provide if your PC is running a keylogger?)
In fact this makes me think of all the nice things we could have if support for simple mechanisms was legally required in various areas of life.
- ozim 11y agoYou are right, and that is why for instance online voting does not get serious attention. It is far easier to implement all requirements with pen and paper. First one that your vote should be known only to you. I would not trust any computer based voting software. I can easily imagine next day some sad people could come over to my place and question me why I voted for wrong person.
- eru 11y agoYes. Electronic voting can be made anonymous and secure, but only an expert would be able to verify (or even understand) that. Everyone can understand pen and paper voting.
- x5n1 11y agoBut those things are not controllable. I don't just want to know who you are giving money to, I want to be able to stop you from giving money to anyone at any time for any justifiable flimsy explanation. Think about what PayPal is doing to VPN vendors right now. Their excuse is that VPN vendors are enabling copyright infringement. Not too far from the government claiming this tomorrow, literally. Do you want this?