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Fisch@lemmy.ml 8 months agoMonero actually has very good uses. It does use POW but their algorithm is made to encourage using CPUs instead of GPUs and slower, power efficient devices, which makes it a lot less energy intensive than other POW cryptocurrencies.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
It’s only use is illegal commerce. It’s the only one thar actually has a purpose, and it’s to help criminals.
daltotron@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s kind of epic, though, I’m pretty sure HRT is cheaper on the black market instead of going through your medical provider, and I need steroids in bulk so I can hulk out and become jacked.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I mean… I know there are some backwards countries like the US where you don’t have access to safe HRT, but would you really roll the dice and get some random injectable shit from the dark web…? I mean…
daltotron@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Provided you’re willing to learn enough to verify and test it yourself, I suppose. That being foisted onto the consumer is kind of problematic, but it’s not really the fault of the dark web provider I would say as much as the corrupt medical industry driving people to do that in the first place. In any case I still think it’s kind of a good band-aid that’s risen up to fill the gap, even if the situation as a whole is shitty.
sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Privacy is a crime? I pay for several online services with XMR (or BTC swapped from XMR): Jmp.chat (mobile service), EteSync (E2EE contact sync), Proton Mail, Mullvad VPN, Usenet (might have an argument there).
Why can’t I access Google’s individual transactions but they should have access to mine?
reassure6869@lemm.ee 8 months ago
why are you giving google access to your transactions to begin with? all my credit card transactions are between me and visa and my credit union and the federal government, but not google.
sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I’m not, it was just an example data broker. You are 100% sure that data is not getting sold?
I picked Google because back in my days of ignorance, their rewards app would ask if I made X purchase at Y store down to the penny. I wasn’t using GPay/GWallet, just my a debit or credit card. The Y I get with location services. Them having the transaction amount leads me to assume credit card companies/payment processors/etc are sharing this data in near real time. Probably anonymously but with enough data points to trace it back to an individual with a degree of confidence.
So I use XMR when I can. Locations services are also off.