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  • MajesticElevator@lemmy.ziptoPrivacy@lemmy.mlCrypto
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    4 hours ago

    Because governments can’t remove it from you, because the value is universal and bypasses the flawed banking system, allowing for really low fees for money exchange internationally.

    Crypto is pseudonymous and anonymous if you know how to hide your traces. You’re forgetting about privacy coins.

    And the non-reversal aspect is also nice for vendors. You don’t know how much abuse some fields have.

    PoS coins have no climate impact… etc


  • MajesticElevator@lemmy.ziptoPrivacy@lemmy.mlCrypto
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    My “easy” solution for b) :

    1. Buy XMR from wherever you want (even KYC exchanges if you want and can)
    2. (if you’re already on a CEX and don’t want to bother, withdraw USDT/USDC/LTC/BCH… any crypto with not insane withdrawal fees and which is fairly popular, and then exchange it on a non-KYC exchange for XMR)
    3. Exchange your XMR at a non-KYC (or non systematical) exchange for your desired traceable cryptocurrency.

    I can recommend https://trocador.app/ - nice exchange aggregator that doesn’t require you to log into the exchange’s website, and that displays the level of privacy of each exchange.

    By using this method, you always have non-ML non-KYC crypto that can be used to buy anything

    For additional (and true) privacy, please churn the XMR while you have it. If you know, you know, but that’s a power user move.














  • This ^

    If you have 2 accounts on a website for example, you can be easily exposed if using a niche VPN. If on a more popular VPN, it’s not as likely as some other users probably use those as well

    Realistically, on bigger websites it doesn’t matter as much - it would really depend on your config. You’re bound to be fingerprinted at some point anyways. It’s just too hard and too annoying to blend in.

    At this point I believe we should just aim at randomizing our fingerprint every few seconds by sending BS rather than aiming to all have the same one


  • The hate is mainly because they run current anti consumer techniques, such as:

    • infinite fake sales (illegal is most countries)
    • misleading fear mongering (VPNs don’t bring much security at all, and aren’t the only tool you need to achieve anonymity at all. Most people don’t need a VPN.) but this has some positive impacts: normies use VPNs so they become more accepted
    • ultra aggressive misleading marketing: occasionally, false claims are made through sponsorships

    They are also in a country where they can legally not provide any info to anyone (also in case of legal problem I believe), but it is a double edged sword, as it also means they can lie and sell our info and will never get sued over it

    Such things makes it hard to trust, but the reality is they’re most likely fine to use because they already make a ton of money. They probably won’t risk to lose a business over this.