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MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

  • felsiq@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Minor correction: the website has my VPN’s IP 😂 I don’t trust random websites with shit, personally. The payments not being tied to your real identity would also not make the web any more or less private than it currently is - just the alternative would remove privacy. Again tho, I’m not tied to crypto specifically and would be perfectly happy with any payment system that maintained user privacy. I just don’t want to see a feature roll out that gets people jailed for visiting lgtbq+ sites or some shit when their payment providers are controlled by fascist governments

    • Ants Are Everywhere@mathstodon.xyz
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      2 months ago

      @felsiq

      > that gets people jailed for visiting lgtbq+ sites or some shit when their payment providers are controlled by fascist governments

      If that’s your threat model, then there may be an additional threat of timing analysis on the blockchain.

      If your threat actor has the resources of a nation state and is able to tap your ISP, the site’s ISP, and your VPN’s ISP, then you probably also don’t want a permanent pseudonymous record of your activity in the form of a blockchain.

      This is just an initial thought; I don’t have any concrete reason to believe that blockchain forensics + timing analysis is any stronger than just one of those on its own.