Kraken: Privacy Is Not a Crime

https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/1754891973062697235

by loughnane • 2 years ago

31 21 2 years ago

I agree, but there are questions in my head.

If the "private" information is that you killed 500 people (you're basically a Dexter), what do we do with that private information?

Georgelemental• 2 years ago

The right to remain silent is a longstanding principle of Western jurisprudence, as are attorney-client privilege, the Seal of the Confessional, etc.

sshine2• 2 years ago

Assuming “you” kept it to themselves, which “you” probably did for quite a while, we don’t do much with that information, because it’d be private.

You can only react to information that you have.

Or rather, I don’t understand the question. ;-)

amflare• 2 years ago

I think the insinuation is that such information has no right to be private. Or such individuals have no right to privacy. The obvious issue being that to enforce this, no one gets a right to privacy. But all in the same of "peace and safety", so don't worry.

mandibles• 2 years ago

Who is "we"?

sambazi• 2 years ago

well, if "we" know, it's not private anymore. thou it should not matter

krunck• 2 years ago

Secrecy is a lie. Privacy is a crime. Not sharing is withholding potential evidence. This is where we are headed...unless we demand the same of governments and corporations, and the powerful.

throwawayqqq11• 2 years ago

Not working your soul away is dereliction of duty.

babyshake• 2 years ago

Privacy from the public is absolutely not a crime. Privacy from the government when it comes to finances may be a different matter. It's important to be able to separate these two, which is difficult, in part because governments are making it difficult to do so.

DominoTree2• 2 years ago

Am I missing something? Why is this Tweet on the front page of HN? Just a statement to spark some discussion?

DominoTree2• 2 years ago

My question was answered below:

buildbuildbuild 3 minutes ago
Context: Kraken is the only US-based cryptocurrency exchange which supports Monero, the top untraceable privacy coin of today.
Binance, the world's largest exchange by volume, yesterday announced the de-listing of Monero, triggering a price crash of 38%.

stavros• 2 years ago

That's too bad. I can only speculate that they're delisting Monero because it works.

anonuser1234• 2 years ago

Because Hacker News is going the way of Reddit and Digg: the more users, the less quality content and discussion

latchkey• 2 years ago

The last line:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills."

buildbuildbuild• 2 years ago

Context: Kraken is the only US-based cryptocurrency exchange which supports Monero, the top untraceable privacy coin of today.

Binance, the world's largest exchange by volume, yesterday announced the de-listing of Monero, triggering a price crash of 38%.

Kraken's post is in response to a Monero tweet. Privacy coins are akin to cash and legal in most jurisdictions, but are facing aggressive de-listing by exchanges with low regulatory risk tolerances. Kraken stands strong following explicit US laws rather than the extra-judicial whims of compliance teams.

frinxor• 2 years ago

kraken getting hit by the SEC?

rolph• 2 years ago

we have indecency laws that make it a crime to not avail oneself of a private location when particular human behaviours must occur.

its also a crime to invade the sanctity of such things.

its also psychologicaly damaging to be under conitions of constant surviellance.

anyone who thinks its desireable to eliminate privacy must recon with the above.

Timber-6539• 2 years ago

If you can't take down crypto, plant your agent (Binance in this case) and destroy it from within.

SAI_Peregrinus• 2 years ago

Some privacy certainly is a crime. It's not unethical to commit that crime. Nothing whatsoever restricts laws from only criminalizing unethical behavior.

schmichael• 2 years ago

Can we stop linking to tweets? There’s 0 context unless you login. Even paywalled articles often give you more than that.

Kraken: Privacy Is Not a Crime

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