Quote from: Nathan047 on November 06, 2017, 02:16:09 AM

Quote from: walonek on November 05, 2017, 05:17:27 PM

Did I mention that masses does not price privacy? Did i mention that masses price SECURITY?

First of all, many people do value privacy. Second, why not have both (like in the case of Monero).

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Quote from: walonek on November 05, 2017, 05:17:27 PM

Privacy is not priced... Ask your neighbour - "if you have nothing to hide, why to hide?" - regular answer.

The Germans kept records of peoples ethnicity and religion. Guess how Hitler used it (in case youre a bad guesser: he used it to track down Jews).

It goes a lot further than this. There was very sophisticated data analytics behind the Holocaust involving IBM punched cards and tabulating machines. In fact one could actually argue that the Holocaust was powered by punched cards and tabulating machines. To anyone who believes that privacy has no value I highly recommend Edwin Black IBM and the Holocaust http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/ A list of "consumers of kosher food in continental Europe" may sound innocent enough after all it is only going to be used to target relevant adds for groceries to those who have a particular interest in purchasing kosher food, thereby enhancing their consumer experience. Now time shift this list by 80 years and one has a critical component for mass genocide.

Now I am not saying that Monero may prevent a future genocide; however if all it does is gum up the gears of genocide, by denying the machinery of genocide the data it craves, then Monero has the potential to save millions of lives.