I see a lot of news regarding criminals who use the cryptocurrencies to hide their identities from authorities. There is also a ton of other evil things connected with crypto, such as hidden miners, fake exchanges etc.
Personally, I am very excited about the underlying bitcoin technology (science and tech are my favorite domains). However, what do you think, will Bitcoin (or other coins) do more good than harm for humanity in the future?
Anonymity and privacy for an online transactions is very important for me if you feel that there are tons of evil activities in the crypto world why other currencies experienced the same thing? Crypto and real currencies are both have shady activities.
However, due to lack of knowledge to protect their identity more people hacked by using online currencies compared on using crypto. If you don't protect your real identity they can use it to find a way to hack your accounts like PayPal and Debit/Credit card because they can retrieve your login credentials using your identity.
And I think most of the online companies and store accepts Debit or Credit card so they can use or sell your card information to someone. So for me, it's not really safe compared on crypto that you just need their crypto address and then send.
That is why Crypto is the best option for privacy and anonymity in terms of buying a digital product online or paying a service.