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Privacy does not mean anonymous interaction with known parties. It means the CIA can’t see me make an account transfer over the wire. In other words, without
by mulmen 5y ago
Privacy does not mean anonymous interaction with known parties. It means the CIA can’t see me make an account transfer over the wire. In other words, without a warrant. Authentication and privacy are compatible. Privacy and anonymity are orthogonal.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoIn theory the CIA cannot legally monitor anything about you if you're a US person, even with a warrant. That's the FBI's job. If you're not a US person the CIA can monitor you all day long without a warrant. In practice it's a bit messier than that.
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- pphysch 5y agoThe CIA can and will monitor your offline and online behavior if your profile is interesting to them. No amount of "muh privacy" appeals will stop them. Privacy and anonymity are absolutely not orthogonal. How do you KYC? By "violating" their privacy (storing and querying personal records) to identify (deanonymize) someone.
- mulmen 5y ago> The CIA can and will monitor your offline and online behavior if your profile is interesting to them. That’s because we don’t have adequate privacy safeguards in modern western society. > Privacy and anonymity are absolutely not orthogonal. Privacy and anonymity are not synonymous. I can have a private conversation with a friend. That does not require anonymity. In fact it precludes anonymity because my friend and I know who each other are. Privacy says nobody else knows what we discussed or even that we had a conversation. > KYC? Know Your Client? This is a new term to me but sounds like an authentication concept. Which is compatible with privacy but precludes anonymity, by definition.
- sdenton4 5y agoKnow Your Customer, a vital concept in financial services, which basically makes it much easier to track down and prevent money laundering and fraud.
- mulmen 5y agoI can privately communicate with my bank. But I cannot do so anonymously. LEO can’t see what I am doing on the wire. But with due process they can compel my bank to reveal what I have been doing with my money.