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[Meta] !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com is under new management, feel free to join us there (lemmy.zip)
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Hello everyone,

After a discussion on !fedigrow@lemm.ee ( https://feddit.org/post/6950586 ), a few people interested in privacy decided to reopen !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com as an alternative to !privacy@lemmy.ml .

It's also nice to have a privacy community on an instance that can be accessed via VPNs.

Feel free to join us there!

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm ok with people promoting services which accept cryptocurrencies (hell, Lemmy itself accepts crypto donations). However promoting cryptocurrencies itself is a no-no in our instance.

Also: Crypto is a not private. The blockchain is public.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Crypto is a not private. The blockchain is public.

Not necessarily true for all ledgers, such as monero.

https://www.getmonero.org/get-started/faq/#anchor-different

Monero uses three different privacy technologies: ring signatures, ring confidential transactions (RingCT), and stealth addresses. These hide the sender, amount, and receiver in the transaction, respectively. All transactions on the network are private by mandate; there is no way to accidentally send a transparent transaction. This feature is exclusive to Monero. You do not need to trust anyone else with your privacy.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Monero users can and have been deanonymized by the police. Monero also acts as a de-facto tumbler, meaning by using it, you're money laundering for criminals as a matter of course.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 6 months ago

I'm not trying to defend monero here, but the ability to have a conversation about such things.