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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data (www.eff.org)

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

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This is why I think gnu taler is a great company and project

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

Regardless of it being a bad idea, it’s convenience completely overwhelmed any privacy considerations. As far as I can tell, we’re marching towards a cashless future with the last dam being politicians need for untraceable cash themselves. But those old politicians are being replaced by family dynasties who have replaced cash payments with favors for their son’s wife’s firm.

Feudalism with extra steps, as ordained by our Heavenly Father Mr. monopoly man