Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on Today at 12:06:48 PM

Quote from: SamReomo on September 11, 2023, 01:34:36 PM

Sometimes they are so concerned about data mining that they forget that innocent people can also face tough times

They don't forget - they simply don't care.

The government don't care in the slightest when banks launder literally trillions of dollars. They get a completely meaningless token fine and that's it. No arrests, no criminal charges, no seizures, no shutdowns, and allowed to continue to launder more money in the future. This is all fine because the banks bribe our politicians and freely hand over all your data to the government when they want it. But when a piece of open source code allows the average person to maintain some semblance of privacy against the government's various mass surveillance programs, then all hell breaks loose and they absolutely must prosecute someone. They don't actually care if the people they prosecute are actually guilty, as long as the set an example to the rest of us that you should be good little citizens and never step out of line. This is not about preventing money laundering in the slightest - if it was, they would clamp down on the banks which do it constantly. It's about surveilling and controlling the populace.

Yes, you're right they simply don't care because they won't be affected if some innocent person's life get destroyed because of someone else's criminal mindset. They have become so cold that only money matters for them and if they get money then everything is okay for them. The governments give free hand to banks and the banks can do whatever they want to do with those trillions of dollars that they launder. The banks have been following those practices for centuries and the politicians have been supporting them. The real culprit in the system are those politicians who sell their souls for the money and they use malpractices to fix all of the written documentation and clear all of the records of the banks that laundered the money. When those records are cleared the banks get courage to do more money laundering activites.

The centralized system is full of corrupt people and when a corrupt person come in power then he/she does everything to fill his/her pockets. I also agree that the ones who go against surveillance activities of the government always face a worst ending. They really don't want that open source code which can fail their surveillance activities because such software can reduce their control over population and anyone who make it can be harmful for them. They will do everything to control the population and they are very successful in their wrong motives. That time isn't far when everyone's life will be controlled by the so called governmental bodies, and the worst thing is that if we even do something to help others to be released form that control then that could be a deadly step for our lives. A laymen isn't anything for them and if a person is not known in social media then they can do whatever they want with that person. I believe that's one of the reasons why Satoshi left the Bitcoin after giving it to public because he knew that if he continue to post on this forum or somewhere else then those governmental authorities will find a way to trace him and could make many charges against him because the created a financial system like Bitcoin.

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on Today at 12:23:28 PM

Quote from: SamReomo on September 11, 2023, 01:34:36 PM

Well, we really don't know their methods in details and they will never share their research details in public

This and the part where they won't endorse code auditing reminds somewhat of the open-source / closed-source debate around security (AKA, "Security through obscurity"). That certain developers choose to not reveal the source code for security reasons, which is completely debunked, as most of the times cyber attacks don't happen after thorough research on the code, but on techniques that are source-independent. On the other hand, open source code greatly improves security, as it sets no limit as to who can be a contributor.

Very true! The open source code is available to everyone and anyone can improve it if they find flaws in it. On the other hand the organizations that doesn't open their source code will limit it to few people who may not be able to find all flaws of the code and the hackers or the malicious entities may find those flaws in the code by using their techniques and as a result the users and their privacy get compromised. Most of the time the closed source applications are full of vulnerabilities and when a hacker finds those vulnerabilities then he/she can take advantage of it and steal data of millions of users. The open source code isn't much vulnerable by nature because almost everyone can fix the vulnerabilities in the code and they can also improve the security of it by contributing their share on it.