If they're allowed to film us with security cameras every 10 feet, we shouldn't make criminals out of people using their phones to film in public or semi-public (like a grocery store) places.
Same thing whenever you see articles about Bitcoin's energy use. Or the energy usage of any tech service/product:
- For some reason blames the product or service people are using, not politicians for failing for decades to invest in renewable energy.
- No contextual information (how much does the remittance industry use? How much energy does SWIFT, IBAN, or printing paper money use)? How efficiently do these systems actually use energy?
- No mention of the many useful things it does with that energy or why it uses energy in the way it does. (Send money across the globe in under a second for under a penny in fees to anybody with a cellphone and halfway reliable internet) (low fees available on Bitcoin lightning)
- No mention that most of that energy comes from renewables or how being a "buyer of last resort" for energy actually helps build out renewable grids since grid operators can guarantee whatever energy capacity they provision will be bought. Doesn't even look at energy mix and demand curves.
Just ragebait tailored to their readers who already have strong negative opinions about this asset class but not about bonds or stocks or other asset classes for some reason. Even though Bitcoin has kept all its promises for 15 years in a row, never been hacked, never experienced an hour of downtime, or bank holiday, and never had its value printed away by an ever increasing supply (supply is capped at 21 million coins).
Works great till somebody does a sim swap on you.
It's always the same bullshit when they want to take away your rights:
- "Protect the children"
- "Foreign influence" or "spies"
- "Misinformation"
- "Stop Terrorism"
It's always the same bullshit when they want to take away your rights:
- "Protect the children"
- "Foreign influence" or "spies"
- "Misinformation"
- "Stop Terrorism"
Another great reason why we need good, anonymous currency and more privacy in society. Everything’s all fine and dandy till your bank or google maps rats you out.
Another great reason why we need good, anonymous currency and more privacy in society. Everything’s all fine and dandy till your bank or google maps rats you out.
Another great reason why we need good, anonymous currency and more privacy in society. Everything’s all fine and dandy till your bank or google maps rats you out.
Another great reason why we need good, anonymous currency and more privacy in society. Everything's all fine and dandy till your bank or google maps rats you out.
Look, I get it, I wouldn't give a shit if TikTok imploded tomorrow and went out of business. I don't use it. Actually, I would cheer on TikTok's implosion. It's a cesspool. However:
"First they came for the xxx and I didn't care because I didn't use or like xxx"...."and then they came for me or the thing I liked or used there was nobody left to defend me"
Yeah. Some can be setup pretty well for it. It's more efficient compute-per-watt than any desktop or laptop computer. Just take caution w the battery, obviously. I wouldn't suggest running it on any android unless the battery is removable or you're ready to sacrifice that device to BOINC.
Let your MEP know their voters care about privacy. These efforts have been defeated before, it just requires vigilance. Your letter can be as simple as "I care about privacy". That's all you have to write.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home