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[-] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago

anyone dunking on the article, this is pretty far away from a how-to-lilst; it's more of a "think about these things if you haven't up until now" and as such a net positive. wrong community for it, though.

[-] tekato@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

I doubt somebody running from a government is taking their tips from wired.com

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago

I read through the whole list, and monero was the only decent privacy recomendation I could find. Everything else was US-hosted. A lot of it was just recommendations from Apple and Google on "privacy" services they offer.

No mention of syncthing, matrix, xmpp, even with sections dedicated to those categories.

[-] pinkystew@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

I read that monero is different from other cryptocurrencies and makes it harder to identify the individual to/from whom a transaction in is sent

What is the difference and why do other cryptocurrencies not implement it?

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

The core focus of early crypto was decentralization, not anonymity. Bitcoin is totally decentralized, but the entire premise is the blockchain contains a permanent irrefutable ledger of transactions. Basically everyone knows if Wallet A paid Wallet B. If you refill your wallet with anything remotely traceable, that means everyone knows YOU paid Wallet B, and similarly if wallet B has any ties to the real world, the lines are easy to connect.

That's not to say you can't use it anonymously, but that was not the intent and thus it does anonymity poorly.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Monero is built as a privacy first crypto. Essentially it's like cash in many ways. You spend it in the shop and nobody knows where the cash you're handing over came from. When you get your change at the till you know nothing about who had the cash before you that you just got handed. It's just money.

This is all handled by a bunch of very complex cryptography. If it comes to it there are ways to prove you sent the money etc but only you have that capability to decide to share.

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[-] stembolts@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago

You're right, ha, I'm totally not.. they, I mean they are totally not! You got it guy! Everyone listen to this guy! I'd go as far as to say anyone reading this article is innocent of ALL crimes!

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[-] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 49 points 2 days ago

A lot of practical steps, which is nice to see in an article like this.

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[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Too bad private email access is essentially dead. Any service not requiring another email or phone number to sign up gets quickly shut down. A casualty in the war on whistleblowers.

[-] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago

You can sign up for Proton mail without providing email or phone number, as far as I recall.

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[-] uncrme@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

email is never private, if its that sensitive it just shouldn't go on the internet

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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

I'm glad they mentioned Monero in the article, but sad that they mentioned it alongside Zcash since Zcash is not private by default and not many people opt into the privacy and Zcash has shown willingness to be bad to their users by helping exchanges. Primarily because they are run by the Electric Coin Company, which is registered in the United States, and therefore they have to obey the laws of the United States. So, Zcash is not a good option.

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