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It's happening in China, it's happening in arguably the most 'well-mannered' 'Western' country - at this point it's naive to assume mass data collection won't b
by t_mann 4y ago
It's happening in China, it's happening in arguably the most 'well-mannered' 'Western' country - at this point it's naive to assume mass data collection won't be coming to your country (and they might not always be as well-mannered as Norway currently is).
Some might say 'I don't care' or 'only those who have something to hide have anything to worry about', but I respectfully disagree. For the same reason that I have curtains in my bedroom I want to have agency over my data.
What baffles me is that I'm fairly sure that similar views are shared by many in the HN community, yet the 'crypto/web3' communities receive almost undivided scorn. Yes, it's ridden with scams, but those are still the communities that do the most overall to push zero knowledge and similar privacy-preserving technologies (and contrary to the popular claim here that 'web3 doesn't do anything innovative', some of the zk stuff like STARK/SNARK/PLONK... they already put in production are pretty cutting edge).
- cuteboy19 4y agoCrypto/web3 as it is practiced offers absolutely zero protection against any of this. In fact, unless you use privacy chains (of which only few actually work) your Entire Transaction History is Public (!!). This is already a reality in most of cryptoland. Even if you trade on exchanges your entire order flow is immediately sold to the highest bidder, or if you're unlucky the exchange itself is trading against you. It's pretty horrible for privacy.
- t_mann 4y ago'of which few actually work' could also have been phrased as 'several are already working' - how many do you need? Even if the current offering isn't enough for your needs, how can 'there's not enough of it yet' be an argument against building more of it?