[RHSeeger]

There is a pretty big gray area in there. Literally every society on the planet has some form of "giving up their freedoms" in exchange for some amount of security. I would argue that it's impossible to have a stable society without that. The thing that's important is deciding which rights are worth protecting and which ones are ok to give up in exchange for security (or other reasons, presumably).

[TheOtherHobbes]

And it's not as if crypto is particularly anonymous. Transaction analysis will identify you unless you work hard at covering your tracks.