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> financial privacy I consider myself entitled to have my Amazon purchases private. Guess what? They are. I don't need a blockchain for that.
by credit_guy 4y ago
> financial privacy
I consider myself entitled to have my Amazon purchases private. Guess what? They are. I don't need a blockchain for that.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoThey’re only private until Amazon has a leak or decides to sell it to the highest bidder.
- welshwelsh 4y agoWhat happens when something you want to buy becomes illegal? Imagine if your government banned weed or abortion pills or porn. Or if your country gets taken over by a dictator and you want to fund the opposition
- ohgodplsno 4y agoYes, black markets have never existed and can only be done through the existence of cryptocurrency. That or you find a plug for your weed (like half of Europe does), abortion pills (like half of the US is about to do) or porn, and you pay with old fashioned cash. I know, not having one click order of your weed is horribly harsh.
- cowtools 4y agoprivate to whom? ridiculous statement.
- jvdizzle 4y agoIf you think of consumer purchases when you think of financial privacy, you live in a bubble of privilege. There are literally countries where people get sent to jail for giving money to pro-democracy groups or journalists. If you're an American, imagine a scenario where rights are stripped away from people at the federal level and donating to those causes becomes illegal. Surveillance has impacts far beyond your consumerist lifestyle.