• Mugita Sokio@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Easy: They allow it to happen due to the culture of laziness. They don’t use local-first software, utilize multiple nyms for certain purposes, use email aliases or have spam traps, self-host their own data, use cryptocurrency, etc.

    Need I go on?

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Are you saying they allow it because they use cryptocurrency?

      Because unlike cash, cryptocurrency is designed to be traced. Even Monero. That’s the entire point of a digital ledger on a blockchain.

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        That’s not how that works. The funds can be traced to a wallet, but not necessarily to any specific person. Why Silk Road was able to operate unabated for so long.

      • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
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        As long as you don’t link it to yourself by doing some KYC or being exceptionally stupid it doesn’t matter if they can read the public ledger