Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Sibshops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Sibshops</span></a></span> not really, it keeps stable at the €250-ish mark, so it's simply a jump in value tuat seems persistent. Whereas any ML would spike it for a bit and/or go down afterwards... </p><ul><li>I don't have the necessary time nor resources to check for that, and given the rampant use of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoins</span></a> and the fact that <em>"Non-KYC Crypt-to-Crypto exchangers"</em> have changing wallets as they don't want to tumble clean coins, it's really hard to evidence that.</li></ul><p>If anything, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/delisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delisting</span></a>|s of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> made it <em>harder</em> to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CTF</span></a> investigations since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exchanges</span></a> did keep record on the exact <em>"coin"</em> (like a Serial Number on a banknote), allowing for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cash</span></a>-like tracing based off known date/time, wallet & coin correlation.</p><ul><li>Kinda how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEA</span></a>|s inject small amounts of cash into organized crime to track correlations.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptocurrencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrencies</span></a></p>
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Tommaso Gagliardoni<p>I have been thinking for a while about the issue of anonymity in Web3 (and, more in general, anonymous transactions). The growing realization of the damage caused by decentralized financial technologies is nagging my cypherpunk self, who has been at war for a lifetime against invasive tracking, manipulative marketing, and surveillance capitalism. I collected my thoughts here: <a href="https://gagliardoni.net/#20250427_privacy_compliance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gagliardoni.net/#20250427_priv</span><span class="invisible">acy_compliance</span></a></p><p>Spoiler alert: I'm not endorsing backdoors, but I think some middleground solution must be found.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/horizenlabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horizenlabs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aml</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kyc</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web3</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gnutaler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnutaler</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monero</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/zcash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zcash</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tornadocash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tornadocash</span></a></p>
SturmUndDranger<p>In fairness, Blindboy Boatclub voiced his suspicions about these sort of premises in Limerick on his podcast about two months ago. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BlindBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlindBoy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/hundreds-of-barbers-car-washes-and-american-sweet-shops-raided-in-money-laundering-crackdown-13346272" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/hundreds-of</span><span class="invisible">-barbers-car-washes-and-american-sweet-shops-raided-in-money-laundering-crackdown-13346272</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>it's crime season baby<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-disbands-cryptocurrency-enforcement-unit-2025-04-08/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-justic</span><span class="invisible">e-dept-disbands-cryptocurrency-enforcement-unit-2025-04-08/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>
OCCRP<p>Join us for an exclusive event exploring the findings behind our latest cross-border investigation into financial scam networks <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ScamEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScamEmpire</span></a>. In this live OCCRP Briefing, journalists who broke the story will explain why <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> safeguards failed to stop it: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/occrp/occrp-briefing-the-future-of-anti-corruption-efforts-2765977" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/occrp/occrp-briefin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-future-of-anti-corruption-efforts-2765977</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@expertenkommision_cyberunfall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>expertenkommision_cyberunfall</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@dideldum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dideldum</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@leachimus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>leachimus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BaFin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BaFin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@ecb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ecb</span></a></span> </p><p>Dass dies technisch möglich ist - inkl. Einhaltung von <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Identifikationspflichten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Identifikationspflichten</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a>) und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geldw%C3%A4schepr%C3%A4vention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geldwäscheprävention</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a>) beweisen Zahlungsdienstleister wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NowPayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPayments</span></a> regelmäßig!</p><ul><li>Natürlich sollte hierzu eine öffentliche, kosten- und patentfreie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europanorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europanorm</span></a> geschaffen werden, welche entsprechende <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a>|s definiert, inklusiver verpflichtender <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Testing</span></a>-Endpoints.</li></ul><p>Und natürlich nicht mit irgendwelchem <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a>-Müll, dafür <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dezentral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dezentral</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> mit Förderation (vgl. Fediverse)...</p><ul><li>Dazu dezentrale Architektur mit <em>"Web of Trust"</em> um effektiv Missbrauch und Akteure dessen zu bekämpfen.</li></ul><p>Die Technologien dazu existieren...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@leachimus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>leachimus</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>-only wäre prinzipiell eine Totgeburt, weil nur globale Verfügbarkeit taugt...</p><ul><li>Deswegen kennt kaum wer hierzulande Mir, UnionPay, JCB oder Discover, aber jeder AMEX, VISA, MasterCard & PayPal!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> ist wegen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> illegal bei <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zahlungsdienstleister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zahlungsdienstleister</span></a>|n!</p><ul><li>Deshalb ist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> auch der wahre Gewinner...</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sarkasmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarkasmus</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kuketzblog</span></a></span> das größte Problem si d <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zahlungsdienstleister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zahlungsdienstleister</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Wer mit mit <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wero</span></a> statt <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a>!"</em> kommt, kauft offensichtlich nirgendwo online ein und außerhalb der <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> ist dies genauso wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a> keine Option, sondern allenfalls lokale Nische alla <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AliPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AliPay</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChatPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeChatPay</span></a> und nicht global verfügbar.</li></ul><p>Merke: rein regionale oder gar nationale Lösungen sind keine Alternative zum <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VISA</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MasterCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterCard</span></a> / PayPal - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tripol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tripol</span></a> und sowohl <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Stripe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stripe</span></a> als auch <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Klarna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klarna</span></a> sind nicht wirklich konkirrenzfähig.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WasFehlt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WasFehlt</span></a> ist eine genormte, globale <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Payment</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> aber dazu wird es wegen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gier</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> nie kommen…</li></ul><p>Eher werden wir <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> als <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zahlungsmittel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zahlungsmittel</span></a> beim Durchbruch in den globalen Mainstream sehen!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptadamist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@KimPerales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KimPerales</span></a></span> OFC.</p><ul><li>I mean I'm pretty shure that wallet is some <em>"cold wallet"</em> (or <em>"paper wallet"</em>) they generated to make it basically impossible to seize.</li></ul><p>Obviously the ultimate beneficiaries propably need to figure out a way to do the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitcoinLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShitcoinLaundering</span></a> over time or find buyers willing to take <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/filthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filthy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> off their hands that'll instantly get flagged by any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> tool there is...</p><ul><li>I mean, $700M will exceed the liquidity of even the biggest non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Exchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exchange</span></a> site for months if not years to the point that even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> would be unable to handle that volume.</li></ul><p>Whoever is behind this must have some <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Marsallek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marsallek</span></a> - Style "Business Network"</em> or is going to spend several years sitting on it and casually siphoning parts for tumbling once it isn't in the immediate focus of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Analytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analytics</span></a> experts and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEA</span></a>|s... </p><ul><li>Obviously even if the person in control is gonna sell off at 2,5% the value that's enough money to basically buy citizenship anywhere and add a lot of plastic surgery on top for good measure... At 5% they'd not even need to ever work if they don't blow it on luxury cars & overpriced real estate...</li></ul><p>Chances are pretty high the one in control is chillin' in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dubai</span></a> and speaks Russian...</p>
Ellen Timmer<p>Het <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/CFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFT</span></a> systeem dat de EU tot stand heeft gebracht is gebouwd op drijfzand en schendt de grondrechten van burgers. Dat blijkt uit een mooie studie, geschreven door Plixavra Vogiatzoglou</p><p><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Mass-data-surveillance-and-predictive-policing-Contested-Foundations-and-Human-Rights-Impact/Vogiatzoglou/p/book/9781032825915" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">routledge.com/Mass-data-survei</span><span class="invisible">llance-and-predictive-policing-Contested-Foundations-and-Human-Rights-Impact/Vogiatzoglou/p/book/9781032825915</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autisticnomad.social/@dave" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dave</span></a></span> and most worringly:</p><p><em>"How is any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bank</span></a> allowed to open up accounts, Issie a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CreditCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCard</span></a> and ship it without explicit prior consent of you as the customer who's name it's on?"</em></p><ul><li>I mean, I know the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is pressing other Juristictions into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> whilst <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CashApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashApp</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Venmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venmo</span></a> are illegal in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> for <em>lack of KYC & AML compliance</em> alone...</li></ul><p>Like ain't they afraid someone may steal it and swipe a shitload of stuff with it?</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> instead I'm vonvinced this violate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalMarketsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketsAct</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeviceFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeviceFreedom</span></a> as per <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> ...</p><ul><li>Tho I guess <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Revolut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revolut</span></a> - like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CadhApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CadhApp</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Venmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venmo</span></a> - don't operate in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> as they refuse to comply with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> standards!</li></ul>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Am i the only one who sees a pretty obvious contradiction here?</p><p>The War On Some Fun Drugs is an absolute farce.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mexicanCartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mexicanCartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RossUlbricht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RossUlbricht</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilkRoad</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarian</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheWarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWarOnDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fentanyl</span></a></p>
magnus (he/him)<p>Hi, I'm Magnus. Pretty new on here, but not entirely: I had an account on <a href="https://venner.network/tags/MastodonSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSocial</span></a>, but that sucked. Before that I was on Twitter for some years as The Money Machine (@para_paramoney). </p><p>I recently quit my bank job ( <a href="https://venner.network/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a>/ <a href="https://venner.network/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a>) and moved from <a href="https://venner.network/tags/Copenhagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copenhagen</span></a> to <a href="https://venner.network/tags/Svendborg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Svendborg</span></a> into a <a href="https://venner.network/tags/collective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collective</span></a> housing situation with 11 new comrades, in a giant house in the forest. </p><p><a href="https://venner.network/tags/NyP%C3%A5Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NyPåMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/DanskerTrut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanskerTrut</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/dkfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dkfedi</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/introduksjon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduksjon</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/introdukcja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introdukcja</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/introduktion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduktion</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/intropost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intropost</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intro</span></a> <a href="https://venner.network/tags/FirstPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPost</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>new article from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ZekeFaux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZekeFaux</span></a> in Bloomberg about the chairman of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> transition team <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> taking an ownership stake in "<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>, the stablecoin used by drug traffickers, terrorists and scammers to move money around the world" and more specifically about $300 million in terrorist connected transactions:</p><p>> It turns out that particular crypto wallet was controlled by Sa’id al-Jamal, a financier of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Houthi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houthi</span></a> fighters attacking merchant ships in the Red Sea, according to the US Treasury Department... Still, he was able to use those crypto wallets to send and receive more than $300 million of Tether.</p><p>no paywall: <a href="https://archive.ph/ivmIC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/ivmIC</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>more on tether: <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-transition-team-is-tethered</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TerroristFinancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerroristFinancing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SanctionsEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanctionsEvasion</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CantorFitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CantorFitzgerald</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>oh look <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JackDorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackDorsey</span></a>'s crypto friendly financial transactions company Block (FKA "Square", owns <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CashApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashApp</span></a>, among others) just got hit with an $80 million fine for facilitating <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a></p><p>this is my shocked face</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SQ</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Block" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Block</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BlockInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlockInc</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a></p>
yesfreenet<p><a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>крипта</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>продажа</span></a></p><p>Решил немного вывести крипты, а то хз, <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>биржа</span></a> уже однажды умирала ...</p><p>А средства терять нет желания.<br>Так решил продать на <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>p2p</span></a> c <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/bestchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bestchange</span></a> <br>Было пипец как страшно, т.к. вдруг средства не придут или <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>обменник</span></a> запросит <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a>, т.к. не прошёл <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a></p><p>Но всё обошлось, очень был рад получить средства на карту.<br><a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>вывод</span></a></p><p>Такое ощущение, что стоит задуматься об <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/%D0%A1%D0%91%D0%9F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>СБП</span></a> на другой номер, чтобы вдруг никто не смог идентифицировать, аккаунты в других соц.сетях.</p><p>Ведь не всюду выключается добавление по номеру телефона.</p><p>А сейчас кажется, что все обменники просят СБП, как дополнительный способ для получения, если по карте не получится.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mina</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nickiquote</span></a></span> so what?</p><ul><li><p>We don't ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> because there are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HitAndRun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitAndRun</span></a> accidents.</p></li><li><p>We don't ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> despite <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DUI</span></a> causing thousands of deaths if not millions each year.</p></li><li><p>We don't ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> despite them destroying the envoirment.</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ModiOperandi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModiOperandi</span></a> and there are and <em>always will be</em> means to do so.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Criminalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criminalization</span></a> makes it harder to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enforce</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> and to actually <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/investigate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigate</span></a> issues. </li></ul><p>It's more effective to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/deny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deny</span></a> criminals' any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> to launder in the first place.</p><ul><li>That's why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tobacco</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> are legal and why an increasing number of juristictions are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decriminalizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decriminalizing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cannabis</span></a>, since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HomeGrowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeGrowing</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dispensaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispensaries</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/safer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safer</span></a> and cheaper than what any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> could offer on the market, as even the highest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxRates</span></a> are lower than what Organized Crime would demand...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mina</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nickiquote</span></a></span> nah, I think restricting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cash</span></a> is inherently facist, as there are already existing mechanisms re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> that make it redundant.</p><ul><li>As long as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cashless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cashless</span></a> payments ain't as fast, cheap and convenient as cash they'll always be a secondary option.</li></ul><p>Not to mention all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> based off (not having) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProviders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProviders</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentMethods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentMethods</span></a>.</p><ul><li>We can already see this with existing giants like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VISA</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MasterCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterCard</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Venmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venmo</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CashApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AliPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AliPay</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChatPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeChatPay</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SOFORT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOFORT</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Klarna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klarna</span></a>...<br></li></ul><p>There's a reason why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMSpayment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMSpayment</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> are the only ones globally rising as they are fast, convenient and universal, but even they don't replace cash in it's universality.</p><ul><li>Plus having cash on hand is a good thing for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negotiations</span></a> espechally on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UsedGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsedGoods</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/coimputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coimputers</span></a>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@mina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mina</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nickiquote</span></a></span> not only that, but anything that even closely resembles <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cash</span></a> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/anonymitiy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymitiy</span></a> anf <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fungibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungibility</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> gets criminalized. </p><ul><li>Not to mention cash just works and IMHO curbing on it's use is inherently bad, to the point that I thing the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ECB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ECB</span></a> should make an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ES2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ES2</span></a> version of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/500EuroBanknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>500EuroBanknote</span></a> as the rising <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> makes it more <em>"necessary" than before</em>...</li></ul><p>People who argue one doesn't need cash because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/card" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>card</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payment</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WireTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WireTransfer</span></a> exist would also argue people don't need <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> because they can write <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LettersToTheEditor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LettersToTheEditor</span></a>... </p><ul><li>TBH I think that cash should be enshrined as acceptable payment methods, as the only exceptions I know [i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarRental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarRental</span></a>] are grounded in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> concerns: </li></ul><p>Most car rental places don't want to handle cash and demand <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> for insurance reasons and most banks and notaries (who also have to do KYC & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> anyway!) have less money onsite than the average Supermarket has in a single cash drawer and don't like having that much stuff onsite anyway.</p>
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