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by cyphar 3637 days ago
Ignoring the arrogance, "If you have nothing to hide" isn't a valid question because everyone has something to hide. People have curtains and doors for good reasons, and everyone expects a certain amount of privacy in their lives -- but they don't realise how much they care about it until after they get screwed.

Oh, and it's not a slippery slope fallacy if we literally are headed towards 1984. Not even Orwell thought that social graphs would allow for automated analysis. The NSA doesn't need tele-screens when they have Facebook.
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brashrat 3636 days ago
no slippery slope argument is a fallacy when the underlying process can best be described as a slippery slope. "Slippery slope" is not a fallacy, it's an analogy.

I'm in favor of crypto, privacy and the same things you are... I just don't lie about it: criminals are more interested in crypto than the average citizen, so are kiddy pornographers (for those of you who don't think that's a crime). So are "chinese dissidents", but seriously, there are more criminals out there.

my arrogance comes from my ability to be both smart and honest rather than a propagandist.

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cyphar 3636 days ago
> criminals are more interested in crypto than the average citizen

That is the problem that should be solved. Everyone should be interested in crypto. You're just spouting arrogance and irrelevant information.

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