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I really think a much better system would be for websites to adopt GNU Taler, and allow people to conduct micropayments using digital cash. The system is about

by cyphar 9y ago

I really think a much better system would be for websites to adopt GNU Taler, and allow people to conduct micropayments using digital cash. The system is about as seamless as Flattr, except that the website can actually charge an amount rather than a fraction. But, most importantly, Flattr guarantees the anonymity of consumers' transactions. So the big G won't have a log of what websites you paid to access.

majewsky 9y ago
But Flattr will. The data is still being generated. It's a matter of whom you trust with this data.
- cyphar 9y ago
  Sorry, I meant Taler not Flattr in the last line. Taler uses blind signatures to protect the spending habits of users from being discoverable by vendors or mints.