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I must once again urge you: please do not record your abortions on the blockchain.
https://mollywhite.net/micro/entry/please-do-not-record-your-abortion-on-the-blockchain
Molly WhitePlease do not record your abortions on the blockchainI must once again urge you: please do not record your abortions on the blockchain. There are a lot of very worried people right now, fearful of an impending regime that may well crack down on things like reproductive care, gender-affirming care, or the ability for immigrants to even continue to remain in the US. Some have suggested people get familiar with cryptocurrencies in the event they might have to circumvent an authoritarian state that has criminalized lifesaving care. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: in very bad situations, bad solutions can sometimes still be better than nothing. But please remember that most popular cryptocurrencies use public ledgers, where every transaction is visible to anyone who cares to look (no warrant required), where true anonymity is extremely challenging, and where tracing technology is getting only more sophisticated. Popular on-ramps like Coinbase and Gemini and other exchanges require customers to provide similar kinds of identification as banks, linking your future transactions to your real-life identity. (And many of these companies have thrown themselves wholeheartedly behind Trump, by the way, despite their “anti-authoritarian” claims). There are cryptocurrencies that are more anonymous than the bitcoins and ethereums of the world (privacycoins like Monero and Zcash for example), though there are still attempts to trace these types of tokens and you have to be knowledgeable and very cautious about how you use them so as not to inadvertently reveal your identity. If you’re in a bad situation, do whatever it is you need to do. I’m certainly not going to judge you. But please be very cautious, and be highly skeptical of anyone who presents cryptocurrency as a magic solution to authoritarianism. Further reading: “Abuse and harassment on the blockchain”, “Anonymous cryptocurrency wallets are not so simple”
@molly0xfff Don't record anything on the blockchain.
@tinydoctor @molly0xfff do not blockchain
@f4grx @molly0xfff My mother used to say two can keep a secret if one of them is dead. Mom did not live to see our brave new digital world. Now, in the age of the virtual panopticon, *one* can't keep a secret, even if they're dead.
@f4grx @molly0xfff Another thing my mother used to say: Shoulda woulda coulda never did nothin’. I wish her ghost spoke that in my ear more much more often. I know, that’s a should woulda coulda. Thanks Mom. My fierce mom. My ferocious mom.