So You Think You Don’t Care About Privacy
Privacy should matter to everyone, but especially to Bitcoiners interested in protecting their wealth.As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and never precedes, the emergence of new technologies for the exposure of secrets — Jill LeporeYou think you don’t care about privacy, since you have nothing to hide.OK, hand me your laptop, phone and passwords so I can look at your messages, purchases and browsing history for the past year.If you won’t do any or all of this, you actually do care about....
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