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Ask HN: If the NSA offered free backups, would you use them? | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=41961536
405 sats \ 7 comments \ @standardcrypto 26 Aug 2025 bitcoin
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 26 Aug 2025

I’d encrypt the backups myself before uploading

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17 sats \ 2 replies \ @ivermectin 26 Aug 2025

With encryption they designed?

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 26 Aug 2025

sure, if the rest of the world also depends on it and there's no better option

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 26 Aug 2025

On systems built with their telemetry

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingecko 27 Aug 2025

Yes. I assume they know everything I put online already 🫠

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @lunanto 26 Aug 2025

Convenience is a privacy crime in this new age of self sovereignty

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 26 Aug 2025

Easy answer: nah.

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