Phone Calls, Emails and now Credit Card Transactions

Posted by gwcalvert 11 years, 11 months ago to Government
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Are any electronic transactions/communications safe from the federal government's snooping?

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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    gw, a bitcoiner. here's my respectful nod. it's new and we'll watch and wait for tech to do its thing and make it safer. the problem with a cash society is that wealth does not build under that philosophy- but if we're doom headed, it's a plan
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  • Posted by gwcalvert 11 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    BitCoin is easily traced through IP addresses, as the NSA is archiving all of your online activity, too. Routing through a proxy will not keep them from tracing back to your IP and may very well throw up a red flag to look through all of your activity with a fine-toothed comb.

    The other problem with BitCoin is that it is very easy to manipulate the price as we have seen recently. And before you ask... Yes. I do own bitcoins and check the trends in the marketplace regularly.

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