I will trust people using their IT experience as a reason to avoid something, though
iglou
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There isn't much more they can surveil with a digital euro that they can't yet with how banking works today. Everything is controlled.
So, between a controlled banking system and a controlled bankless/facilitatorless digital euro, I'll pick the one that doesn't give away my money to the financial world.
Fully offline is of course impossible. But it can be partially offline. Blockchain, for instance, doesn't require an internet connection to prove that a transaction is possible, but it does need an internet connection to submit and settle. So you would not need an internet connection to pay, the merchant does to accept payment. Similarly to how this works today with card payments.
As someone replied before me, monero is one example. There is more, though.
But that's never going to be government promoted, and I'll be content with any form of digital currency, cause fuck the banks taking a share of every transaction :')
I'm not sure where you are from, and perhaps it depends on the location!
I would definitely call it bias, because if it can summarize Al Jazeera for the Strait, it could certainly summarize Al Jazeera for ICE!
Oh yeah, it is definitely heavily biased already. Just google anything controversial and you'll see it to some degree.
"Is ICE doing illegal operations" -> "Allegations..." Anything about the strait of hormuz -> straight up no summary whatsoever lmao
It's not implying any causality, it's just denouncing hypocrisy.
There is no hypocrisy in dreaming to move to some other country as long as you're not trying to stop others from achieving that same dream.
It's not good when it's based on beliefs. There is no evidence pointing to it being staged.
Exploring the possibility and finding evidence is a good thing, that's the basis of science. This is not whatnis going on here.
Wow, I wasn't expecting so many conspiracy theorists on the leftish side of the political spectrum. That's concerning.
That should never be a reason not to share open source knowledge!
I am of the same opinion, but when it comes to laptops, I'd rather go for an american company that cares about repairability, sustainability, and genuinely good laptops than a EU company without those values. It's not all black and white, and this is a clear case where paying a US company is one of the better choices.