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I still do not understand how I can get and use Monero easily whilst maintaining privacy (self.monero)

submitted 1 year ago by MigratingtoLemmy to c/[email protected]

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Hi,

In short, since the crackdown on fiat-to-monero started, the only way to get monero that I could figure out was:

Purchase Bitcoin using fiat.
Purchase Monero using Bitcoin.
Change Monero back to Bitcoin.
Pay using Bitcoin for services that don't accept Monero.

Could someone tell me if doing step 2 and 3 still ensures my privacy, or is it pointless? I don't see any other way to use Monero for payments which don't accept Monero.

Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you send someone cash via mail, the only thing the feds can get by busting your trade-partner is your localmonero username.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't localmonero have any kind of telemetry? Although that doesn't remain valid if someone uses TOR

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just use it over Tor. It automatically uses the nojs version on its onion address