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I would say VPN and monero are the digital equivalent to a balaklava and cash. Did you ever use any of those in "real life", or only when committing crimes?
by McDyver 4y ago
I would say VPN and monero are the digital equivalent to a balaklava and cash.
Did you ever use any of those in "real life", or only when committing crimes?
- throwaway4good 4y agoIn real life cash and balaklava have other purposes than keeping your identity hidden. (Balaklava may keep your head warm and cash may be the only possible payment in some situations.)
- ziddoap 4y agoAnd in real life, both VPNs and anonymous currency have other applications than committing crimes. What's your point?
- throwaway4good 4y agoThat they don't have any practical applications other than committing crime?
- ziddoap 4y agoThere are plenty of other practical applications. I guess if you believe that only criminals want privacy it might be hard to see them, though. Do you also believe that encryption is evil? Those pesky criminals use it all the time.
- throwaway4good 4y agoThat is a bit of a straw man ain’t it? I was talking about the real world use cases for a vpn paid with monero.
- ziddoap 4y agoDo you want me to sit here and list out all of the applicable and legal use-cases for VPNs and Monero? How many would I have to list for you to change your views? Is there even a number, or is your mind set that VPN = criminal?
- throwaway4good 4y agoI don't think you can give me a single legitimate use case for a VPN with no KYC paid via Monero.
- Tr3nton 4y agoYou live under an authoritarian regime that jails you based on the things you purchase.
- ziddoap 4y agoYou said there was no practical application for VPNs or Monero, but now you're shifting your goal posts? I think I have wasted enough brain cycles on this.
- throwaway4good 4y agoIt was always and - you can use a vpn for watching foreign tv - cheers!
- Forbo 4y agoMaybe I'm sick of surveillance capitalism at every fucking turn? Why do I need to justify my right to privacy? I'm absolutely over mega corporations trying to build psychological profiles of me to determine how to best try to manipulate me into giving them money. Or perhaps I don't trust them to keep the information they gather securely, properly protecting it from becoming part of the next big data breach. That's not even taking into account them turning around and selling it to the highest bidder. Every payment processor has turned dataminer. I'm sick of it. The more places I can use Monero, the better.
- McDyver 4y agoDoes that mean that every user replying to this thread is a criminal and have no legitimate use to the VPN?
- throwaway4good 4y agoIf you add paid with monero then probably yes.
- McDyver 4y agoOK, so using your logic, if you're wearing a balaklava to warm up your head, don't use cash. Will remember that
- joshmarlow 4y agoWell trying to get unfiltered information in a censored country _would_ be a crime.
- Tr3nton 4y agoIf you really don't see the value of privacy, why not post your various account login credentials here? If only criminals are those with things to hide, surely you will allow us access to your bank, email, etc. You have nothing to hide, why not?