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by loughnane 806 days ago
That's too much for me. It adds up to that entity having a record of all my transactions, who they're with, and how much they are. Def not private like cash.
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Is it just the principle of it, or would fully private transactions solve an actual non-criminal financial problem?
A product that's a violates my principles _is_ a problem.

More practically, being surveilled creates a data store about my life that can last forever, theoretically. It's hard to conceive how that could be used if (when) that data gets mishandled. Might as well not leave a trail.