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EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Anonymity is important for various reasons. You can't predict everything bad a government will try to do to stifle freedom that a person may want to avoid. Off the top of my head, I could see someone trying to pay for an abortion or something like that in a southern state where it's illegal, for health reasons to save their own life.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think this is actually a very good example, thank you.

    People from europe sometimes come a long as assholes ("wE aRe NoT iN tHe ShItTy UsA") while ignoring that political stability is not guaranteed. Neither is democracy. Sitting here germany i look very nervously at the many countries shifting to the right and getting more authoritarian.

    I pray to all gods that the times we live in wont be very interesting for historians to come...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    I think that's a big reason I'm so pro-privacy. I'm sure if the US weren't a couple steps ahead of you guys towards fascism, I'd prioritize other things, too. Hopefully you all can stop the march towards the right of your government before it gets worse.

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