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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Privacy vs. anonymity
by
SFR10
on 18/10/2021, 08:30:00 UTC
How about gift cards from bitrefill or coinsbee? Well if you get a chipolte card get a burrito with it, they know something about you and where you got your gift card and where you used it. And so on.
Assuming that you're talking about the government, then you still have to rely on each of their suppliers reporting back to the government... Without those information, it'll be extremely hard to trace those back to you and find out where you got those gift cards from.

  • Let's assume for a second that all of their suppliers report to the government [it still depends on the type of information that they'd give]:
    • The government in question should still probe both of the above platforms and in most cases, they're not going to that "unless there's a reason for it".
      - There's nothing to worry about if you stay within the limits [unless I missed something].

      Bitrefill will not ordinarily share Customer personal data unless required to do so by an appropriate legal instrument (e.g. a subpoena, a warrant or the legal equivalent in the issuing country). Exceptional circumstances (such as a very urgent request that may save a human life, or avoid great harm) may determine a different reaction from our side, but only to the extent permitted by law.

But what about you? Do you care more about privacy or anonymity or both equally?
I only care about protecting my privacy, but as you already know, it's easier said than done!

And how much will you be willing to deal with to maintain it.
Unfortunately, not enough [e.g. convenience]... I do know it may sound contradictory, but that's the reality.