Saki Now • 100%
Generally, votes are overrated. Especially if you’re not mainstream, by definition most people won’t support you, won’t agree with you, won’t understand you.
Some things may be downvoted because they’re too stupid. But occasionally, you might be downvoted simply because you’re a bit too early. Like, if you’d said “being gay is not crime” or something 50 years ago, you might have got downvoted… Just a thought.
> “It is completely absurd to inflict mass surveillance on the general public under the premise of fighting theft.” > It comes at a cost to the privacy and civil liberties of the people of Britain.
Saki Now • 100%
Feliĉan naskiĝtagon, Moenrochan! 🎂
Mi amas vin 💌
Happy birthday!
I love you 🤟
Saki Now • 100%
Another bad experience related to Mastercard: https://monero.town/post/1791576
Saki Now • 100%
Cake Pay should be fine for most gift cards, I don’t think they usually ask for KYC for those.
So perhaps your recent bad experience with Mastercard EUR cards are rather exceptional?
Saki Now • 100%
Thanks for warning. Saw https://monero.town/post/872283 too. Guess Cake Pay may be convenient for those who are fine with KYC. Another option, that Stealths thing is more expensive (higher fees), so basically if you want to buy a gift card here or there, you’ll have to choose between (possible) KYC and higher fees. Or so it seems…
Saki Now • 100%
According to @azalty@monero.town, Cake Pay works fine if you’re fine with KYC, and otherwise you may just lose your money: https://monero.town/post/872283
If you’re a privacy advocate not fully supporting KYC but want to try this anyway, then try a small amount, because you may lose all your money. Another recent option is more privacy-friendly and KYC-free, but the fees are higher with them.
Saki Now • 100%
We know the ability to get Monero will not be essentially affected—after all, this is not the first time, nor the second time, when Monero is delisted. It seems reasonable to admit, though, that ultimately the ability/freedom to spend Monero might be limited if legit (e.g. hosting) companies can’t accept it in the future—directly or indirectly because of MiCA etc. Although, what will happen in such a situation may be seen as an interesting experiment.
Since the posted link is not very Tor-friendly behind CF, similar random links just in case…
- OKX exchange delists privacy coins, including Monero, Dash, and Zcash https://www.cryptopolitan.com/okx-delists-privacy-coins-monero-dash-zcash/
Following the announcement, privacy tokens such as Dash (DASH), Monero (XMR), and Zcash (ZEC) witnessed a notable decline of up to 10%
- Important OKX Delisting Announcement Concerning Large Subset of Altcoins https://cryptopotato.com/important-okx-delisting-announcement-conrcening-large-subset-of-altcoins/
The prices of some of these tokens have headed south shortly after the announcement. XMR is down nearly 3% in the past 24 hours, while ZEC has plunged by 10%
- Crypto Exchange OKX All Set to Delist Privacy Coins https://thenewscrypto.com/crypto-exchange-okx-all-set-to-delist-privacy-coins/
- Zcash and Monero on the chopping block for delisting https://www.cryptopolitan.com/naira-is-about-to-have-its-worst-year-ever/
Saki Now • 100%
Maybe you can check this yourself now: a power user like someone who is already a mod got some additional menu items in "More…" under each post, which includes “Appoint as moderator”. So basically, they can appoint a random poster as a mod if they want to.
A similar thing has happened to me and I too was wondered when, why and from where this status came 😕
but practically it’s mostly like just an honorary title. So far the only time when being a mod ever actually mattered was, when someone cross-posted an ad massively and several users sent reports, saying it was spam and should be removed. Such a problem is very rare in a small community so maybe you don’t need to worry about it… It simply means, someone somehow judged, reasonably or otherwise, that you were a trustworthy user.
Technically, if you’d like to, you can use your new power to appoint another mod so you may not be alone :)
Saki Now • 100%
The concept may be lovely, but the fact is, many people nowadays have been Pavlov’ed to immediately ignore anything weird that says, "Congratulations! You got some money. Visit this URL and input something." As they say, the Cake is a lie…
Monero could be a wonderful gift to a friend of yours if they’re especially interested in privacy (in that case, you might want to talk to them privately, and perhaps recommend a better wallet). Otherwise, it may be kind of like casting pearls before swine…
Saki Now • 100%
The blog post says, “it is possible to build technology used by millions of people with privacy at the heart.” which is also related to Monero, for example. It’s related to online privacy in general, not exclusively about Tor. For example, it includes a clear answer to the “Nothing to hide” argument:
http://wl.vernccvbvyi5qhfzyqengccj7lkove6bjot2xhh5kajhwvidqafczrad.onion/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument?lang=en
It’d be nice if even a single non-Tor user is interested in this… but if the link is onion, a non-Tor user can’t read it! Hence a clearnet link… Does that make sense? I too agree with you that, basically, we better promote onion when available. Except I wanted to share the link with people in general, non-Tor users too :)
www.eff.org
> The right time to start protecting your digital privacy is before your trip […] The simplest and most reliable precaution against border searches is to reduce the amount of information that you carry across the border. [](https://monero.town/pictrs/image/21c08bef-3967-4445-b9d2-9f0354ac14b7.webp "Click to Enlarge") *** > Sometimes law enforcement officials achieve so-called “consent” by being vague […] You can try to dispel this ambiguity by inquiring whether border agents are asking you or ordering you […] If an agent says it is a request only, you might politely but firmly decline to comply with the request. > > If you are a U.S. citizen, border agents cannot stop you from entering the country, even if you refuse to unlock your device, provide your device password, or disclose your social media information. However, agents may escalate the encounter if you refuse. > > If you elect to comply with a border agent’s order to unlock your device, provide your password, or disclose your social media information, you can inform the agent that you are complying under protest and that you do not consent. *** > It is possible that if you unlock your device, and agents then search your device, a court will rule that you consented to the search. […] As noted in Part 1, the best way to avoid an inadvertent “consent” to search is to decline to unlock your device, provide the device password, or provide any social media information. > > Technically, you don’t even need to admit that you know the password. > > If you believe that border agents violated your digital rights at the border, please contact EFF at borders@eff.org. *** See also: * https://www.eff.org/document/eff-border-search-pocket-guide * https://www.eff.org/issues/border-searches * https://monero.town/post/402125 *Fifth Circuit says law enforcement doesn’t need warrants to search phones at the border*
securityaffairs.com
> The fact that the issue was discovered by Google TAG suggests it was exploited by a nation-state actor or by a surveillance firm. > > As usual, Google did not publish details about the attacks exploiting the flaw in the wild. See also: https://www.cert.europa.eu/publications/security-advisories/2023-100/ > This vulnerability also affects Chromium-based web browser such as Microsoft Edge [3], Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi.
Saki Now • 100%
Thanks for the suggestion. ONION LINK added in the post. The main link itself is intentionally clearnet, for happiness shall be in heaven over one non-Tor user who feels curious about Tor and privacy, more than over 99 right users, who already use TB 24/7. (Luke 15:7)
TB recently gets rid of blockchair: http://eweiibe6tdjsdprb4px6rqrzzcsi22m4koia44kc5pcjr7nec2rlxyad.onion/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42283
and is planning to get rid of Google etc. from its Search Engine Options http://eweiibe6tdjsdprb4px6rqrzzcsi22m4koia44kc5pcjr7nec2rlxyad.onion/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41835
Saki Now • 90%
Tor Browser is planning to remove Google from the search engine options a user can choose: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41835
There some say brave onion + no JS is good: https://search.brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
Mullvad team seems to be considering 4 possible options:
- Startpage: https://www.startpage.com/
- Mojeek: https://www.mojeek.com/
- Brave Search: https://search.brave.com/
- Metager: https://metager.org/
PS: Not disgussing ddg / ddg onion too much, basically because ddg is the long-time default search engine of TB. Most TB users assume ddg is a decent, standard, generic option, esp. its non-JS version.
thebittimes.com
>“Some Hackers have figured out there is no quick and easy way for a company that receives one of these EDRs (emergency data request) to know whether it is legitimate,” he said. > >“The hackers will send a fake emergency data request along with an attestation that innocent people will likely suffer greatly or die unless the requested data is provided immediately.”
blog.torproject.org
>privacy has nothing to do with having something to hide. Instead, privacy means protecting the human being that you are, all the personal details that make you, you. What you care about, what you love, what you hate, what you are curious about, what makes you laugh, what you fear. And most importantly, choosing when you decide to share that information and who you share it with. >it *is* possible to build technology used by millions of people with privacy at the heart. **We build technology to advance that right in order to help users reclaim their agency in digital spaces.** (But by default, Tor Browser is *not* shipped with uBlock Origin.) PS: ONION LINK http://pzhdfe7jraknpj2qgu5cz2u3i4deuyfwmonvzu5i3nyw4t4bmg7o5pad.onion/tor-in-2023/index.html
Saki Now • 100%
« Sort-by-Controversial » … interesting …
PS: This issue (error) has been fixed !
https://monero.town/post/1135619 SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data
Saki Now • 100%
Dr. Strangemoney…
A sister meme by the same OP @rottenwheel : https://monero.town/post/1210342 also titled There's an app for that (Black jokes possibly easily misunderstood)
Unfortunately qu.ax seems to be blocking Tor now.
www.eff.org
NOTE: This is about the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination after a search warrant for someone’s cell phone is procured; *not* about digital privacy in general at the U.S. Border (a warrantless search). See also: https://monero.town/post/1134494 *EFF to Supreme Court: Fifth Amendment Protects People from Being Forced to Enter or Hand Over Cell Phone Passcodes to the Police*
Saki Now • 100%
Trocador shows it explicitly whether a specific CEX is no-log or requiting IP logging, which you can choose. This new thing doesn’t even has TOS nor Privacy Policy to begin with. Yet as long as you use onion, logging by the front-end is rather irrelevant.
Even if the front-end is not logging anything (which no one can verify), a CEX behind it surely records the tx and retains it as required by laws (some of them might be less than perfectly legal and might not record anything, though that would mean a different kind of risk). Using a CEX is more or less risky, be it Trocador or something else. Some may think that an instant swap by CEX is convenient. Personally I prefer DEX, even though it may be less convenient, even though Monero.town itself has an official affiliate link to Trocador too.
Saki Now • 100%
Thank you so much! These minor details are really helpful :D Happy holidays!
Saki Now • 100%
Exactly how does you activate it? Ordering itself is kyc-free (and even Tor-friendly?) but you’ll need to show your IP to activate it, of course?
Saki Now • 100%
@stealths@monero.town Thanks for clarification!
- For example, a user in China can buy a card from you, redeem (activate) it and use it internationally, except they can’t use it in shopping at an online shop China?
- A user in Pakistan can not activate it and use it at all, though others can use it for shopping internationally incl. at at online shop in Pakistan.
It that what this means? I assume activation then includes GeoIP? I’m very happy that a few user reviews are positive anyway. You know, some “services/companies” advertising here tend to be a bit sketchy or iffy. Your prepaid card business seems a honest one, at least now! Thanks for joining monero.town :) I hope this can be convenient & fruitful for both users and you 🐱
www.theregister.com
>Now before the House, HR 6570 proposes to reauthorize Section 702 for three years — but with reforms including requiring all US intelligence agencies to obtain a warrant before conducting a US person query. >a competing bill, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 (HR 6611), doesn't include a warrant requirement — and, in fact, includes language that many worry could be used to force private US companies into assisting in government-directed surveillance
Saki Now • 100%
Visa International (Just fyi): The supported country list by Stealths and the similar list by Tremendous are slightly different. The differences (if real) might be mostly relevant to Chinese users.
These three are included in Stealths’ list, but not included in Tremendous’ list:
China, Hong Kong (*Taiwan is in both lists), Swaziland
These countries/areas are not inluded in S’s list, but are included in T’s list:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Congo (*Flag of Congo-Brazzaville is shown), Eswatini, Pakistan, Panama, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
justthenews.com
> House Intelligence Committee bill would also expand the definition of an electronic communication service provider include a broader range of providers, including those who “provide hardware through which people communicate on the Internet.” See also: [Tell Congress: They Must Defeat HPSCI’s Horrific Surveillance Bill | EFF Action Center](https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-they-must-defeat-hpsci-s-horrific-surveillance-bill)
egodeath.capital
**How FinCEN May Be Violating Your Rights**\ A call to action against FINCEN proposal 2023-0016A\ Written By Preston Pysh >*Eroding Anonymity Through Additional Verification*: The mandate for “Additional Customer Identity Verification Measures for Transactions Involving Unhosted Wallets” is a direct affront to privacy and anonymity. This requirement transgresses on the First Amendment’s sanctuary for anonymous speech > >*A Direct Assault on Anonymity-Enhanced Currencies*: The “Prohibition on the Use of Anonymity-Enhanced Convertible Virtual Currencies (AECVC)” is nothing short of a legislative bulldozer through the edifice of privacy. See also: [Preston Pysh says proposed FinCEN crypto rules violate US Constitution](https://protos.com/preston-pysh-says-proposed-fincen-crypto-rules-violate-us-constitution/)
netzpolitik.org
> Bis zum Jahr 2030 will die EU allen Bürger:innen eine „European Digital Identity Wallet“ (ID-Wallet) zur Verfügung stellen. Sie soll on- wie offline bei Verwaltungsgängen und Bankgeschäften, aber auch bei Arztbesuchen, Alterskontrollen oder beim Internetshopping zum Einsatz kommen. (*By 2030, the EU wants to provide all citizens with a “European Digital Identity Wallet” (ID wallet). It is intended to be used online and offline for administrative procedures and banking as well as medical visits, age verification, and internet shopping.*) The article (in German) is mostly about eIDAS 45\ Cf. https://monero.town/post/1018961 Last Chance to fix eIDAS: Secret EU law threatens Internet security (There are many English articles about it; see e.g.\ https://mullvad.net/en/blog/eu-digital-identity-framework-eidas-another-kind-of-chat-control ) Though not the main topic of the article, this “ID wallet” thing sounds disturbing. (EU politicians calls a normal wallet “unhosted wallet” and don’t like it very much.)
On the front page of monero.town, sm.ms and catbox.moe are recommended as image hosting services. Unfortunately both are not Tor-friendly, esp. Catbox blocks Tor. The Cock\.li guy [comes up](https://shitposter.club/notice/AcTuTzIlT0JJ7RpTCi) with a [solution](https://fatbox.moe/). 1) Solution about Catbox: Just change **cat** in the URL to **fat** and the image is viewable for Tor users! > **Example** https://monero.town/post/1025717 where > https://files.catbox.moe/6z3p3z.jpg is not viewable via Tor > https://files.fatbox.moe/6z3p3z.jpg would be viewable via Tor 2) How to use an inline image (in general, not only Catbox) > The syntax is **``** so…\ > `` > > Result: >  3) How to make it a Clickable thumbnail > Text link would be `[Text](URL)` you can replace `Text` with an inline image, `URL` with the image URL, i.e.\ > `[`**``**`](URL)` so…\ > `[`**``**`](https://files.fatbox.moe/6z3p3z.jpg)`\ > Result [](https://files.fatbox.moe/6z3p3z.jpg) *** Note: Optionally you can put Alt text in **`![]`** as in\ **`![`**`Monero-chan is happy`**`]`**`(https://sample.net/happy-monerochan.png)` *** Another hosting service imagebam.com is iffy but Tor friendly, easy to upload images there from Tor Browser & you can direct-link to the uploaded full image. Using 3rd party image hosting services has privacy implications, but it will save the server resource of monero.town.
blog.torproject.org
>Many countries use censorship systems to block access to human rights resources >.onion sites are particularly useful at maximizing internet users' privacy and anonymity because they never leave the Tor network. While technically I2P might be better, it’s good news that a recognized human rights organization has adopted an onion, because that will improve the “shady” image of Tor, esp. hidden services (aka darknet), as in “privacy technology is good, not for criminals, but *for you*, for everyone. Using Tor is normal, and Monero is a great tool.”
> Apparently, the Nintendo Switch gets 230 hashes per second mining #Monero [](https://images4.imagebam.com/0b/1f/e1/MEQJHKY_o.jpg) Can you mine crypto with a Nintendo Switch? https://cryptonews.net/news/mining/27918548/ > Interestingly, RandomX, the Monero mining algorithm, allows for alternative experiments like this due to being ASIC-resistant. Miners can use simple CPUs or gaming devices to run the algorithm and try their luck at block discovery while supporting network security.
> law enforcement has been using […] systems since 2015, in utmost secrecy. The software in question […] can track a person across a network of cameras, for instance, by the color of their sweater > Any policeman […] can request to use [it] > The potential use of facial recognition worries within the institution itself. […] In France, facial recognition is only authorized in rare exceptions > This massive installation was carried out outside the legal framework provided by a European directive and the French Data Protection Act The National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), a French administrative regulatory body, started an investigation against the French Minister of the Interior [1][2]. The Minister, Gérald Darmanin ordered an investigation [2]. - [1] https://nitter.oksocial.net/CNIL/status/1724745047537488019 [French] - [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20231121093507/https://www.ouest-france.fr/politique/gerald-darmanin/entretien-gerald-darmanin-lantisemitisme-le-signe-dune-societe-qui-ne-va-pas-tres-bien-938b76ce-856c-11ee-9632-b62f00689e79 [French] > La Cnil […] annonce l’ouverture d’une enquête contre le ministère de l’Intérieur. Elle soupçonne la police d’utiliser un logiciel de reconnaissance faciale, depuis 2015, en dehors de tout cadre légal. Qu’en est-il ? (CNIL suspects the police are using facial recognition outside any legal framework. Comments? - Gérald Darmanin’s answer: The news is true. I ordered an investigation.)
www.wired.com
>the White House has, for the past decade, provided more than $6 million to the program, which allows the targeting of the records of any calls that use AT&T’s infrastructure >the program takes advantage of numerous “loopholes” in federal privacy law >the DAS program has been used to produce location information on criminal suspects and their known associates, a practice deemed unconstitutional without a warrant (This website is a bit annoying.)
> See https://monero.town/post/968066 Onion http://rurcblzhmdk22kttfkel2zduhyu3r6to7knyc7wiorzrx5gw4c3lftad.onion/ This free email provider is not for everyone. Sometimes a Cockmail address is not accepted to register something. Sometimes, though not often, another email provider may indiscriminately block email from Cock.li. Afaik Cock.li<->Proton, Cock.li<->Tuta work. *** PS: Admin, Vincent Canfield [@vc@shitposter.club](https://shitposter.club/users/vc)
https://monero.town/post/1144305 > Bicoin Black Friday: BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces 10% Discount There are 4 reports saying this is spam, and it is indeed cross-posting link spam, and feels slightly excessive but not extremely so (?). The thing is, Monero.town doesn’t forbid ads, and freedom of speech is important even if what is said is unpleasant for me or for someone else. Thoughts? *** Edit: Since someone has appointed me as a mod in !privacy, where https://monero.town/post/1144305 is, I can remove it, except I don’t want to remove anything unless really necessary. The lack of guidelines about ads in monero.town means, the OP didn’t do anything against the rule(s). I couldn’t remove the new one in !moneromarket https://monero.town/post/1142415 Not sure if [@admin@monero.town](https://monero.town/u/admin) thinks it’s bad enough, either. Monero is censorship-resistant, meaning we tend to hate deleting someone else’s speech/expression just because it’s subjectively disagreeable. *** Given that Monero is money after all and some for-profit services are useful for its users too, probably commercial posts (ads) should be allowed in general, *if not excessive*. And BusKill ads are not excessive in terms of frequency, like only once a month. Perceived link spamming (self-promotion) advertising SimplifiedPrivacy has been also noticed by many including myself, which has been like once or twice a week, and explicitly questioned here ( https://monero.town/post/1085883 ); but many (including myself) think these posts can be useful nevertheless, the poster being knowledgeable.
www.eff.org
See also: Fifth Circuit says law enforcement doesn’t need warrants to search phones at the border https://monero.town/post/402125
techcrunch.com
> The app store “collects and sends data […] This includes information like device model, brand, country, timezone, screen size, view events, click events, logtime of events, and a unique KID ID,” > Hancock didn’t return the tablet to her daughter until after making changes to protect her daughter’s privacy. > [She] even installed Tor, a browser that is designed to protect the anonymity of its user. An awesome Mom, like [Mrs. Roberts](https://xkcd.com/341/) from xkcd!
EDIT: Don’t take this too seriously; **do *not* actually send a donation** (unless you really want to, like admiring “Nice photoshopping!” “Thanks for the fun pic”). While it’s entertaining and thought-provoking, using their work this way is ethically questionable too. As @z0rg0n pointed out, one could even see this as a scam. Although it’s a fine work and freedom of expression is more important, this may more properly belong to “Memes”. *** EDIT2: This post and “cool if real” by @alphonse https://monero.town/post/1122495 were created almost at the same time. That was a coincidental post conflict; @alphonse’s post was actually earlier by about 1 hour! *** [Is someone crowdfunding a Monero ad in India’s economic newspaper?](https://finbold.com/is-someone-crowdfunding-a-monero-ad-in-indias-economic-newspaper/) > Interestingly, a Monero ad could be circulating in India’s traditional English newspaper: *The Economic Times*. The pseudonymous Stoic, author of “The Monero Standard,” shared a picture of the newspaper’s November 16th edition. In the picture, it is possible to see the paper’s opened front page with a large ad about XMR. > >> “Monero transactions respect your privacy. Can you say that about the INDIAN RUPEE or the U.S. DOLLAR?” > > Moreover, the image also includes a QR-Code for donations in “XMR only,” which suggests its owner is expecting to crowdfund what was spent for this supposed insertion.  
Saki
monero.townNew to Lemmy. A privacy advocate. Interested in number theory.