210 sats \ 6 replies \ @SwearyDoctor 28 Mar \ on: Google now displays the balance of BTC addresses in an info box bitcoin
remember the days when you needed a contract with coinanalysis to get a real idea of movements and routes... now google will gobble this all up and will surveil all of it in a second. This is not good news.
Imo, this is good news since security by obscurity doesn't work and the same is probably true for privacy.
Over time, technology like this makes existing gaping holes in your privacy more obvious so more people are aware of them which leads to a push to fix these already existing issues.
The biggest problem with security and privacy might be that the most targeted people (think of Snowden, Assange, Satoshi etc.) are in the minority but most tech seems to focus on the average target which isn't a target at all.
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Meh... the blockchain has always been public. Anyone moderately skilled person would have been able to trace txns across the network. I don't think the fact that Google is getting into the space actually changes anything
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Yeah, you made up a good point.
There are some huge downsides in regards to privacy...
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You were never private if you were relying on people not looking. At least put up some curtains.
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You were never private if you were relying on people not looking. At least put up some curtains.
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