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EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by makeasnek@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To me the problem is that you wouldn't be able to buy a car anonymously anymore, while it leaves the really rich pretty much untouched.

Art is a well known angle for money laundering or giving someone a huge sum of money pretty much without any regulation. Contracts for construction or even consulting are another way.

I don't have access to this kind of playground - chances are, you neither. But the people supposedly targeted by this kind of law (corrupt politicians, organised crime, ...), do have access to these things and are therefore not impacted.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You have to register a car anyway. Where exactly is the problem?

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

nothing to hide nothing to fear, huh?

And i thought at least after Snowden we learnt this is bs...

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So you want people to be able to drive several tons of literal murder machines without any form of registration?

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

don't try to misunderstand ppl on purpose

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

Then what else could you possibly mean?