Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net writes:
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Philip Hands phil@hands.com wrote:
I'd like to announce a revolution in data privacy. Individuals can take control of their data, and ensure that it doesn't leak into the hands of people that they don't want to have it.
Just install PGP.
hurrah! :)
so let's think about that case for a minute... PGP/GPG were designed for encrypting / signing static data. if that was all that was involved, crypto-currencies would have been replaced by people using PGP/GPG to sign static text files containing "money" or the digital representation of the same.
You miss my point completely.
What I was saying was that we have the existing experiment of a decentralised system, capable of providing a significant benefit to the public, if only they were willing to take some responsibility.
We ran the experiment for decades, and the point at which it partially succeeded was when the likes of whatsap provided people with a way of avoiding responsibilty.
I therefore suspect that citing benefits of crypto-currencies that will acrue, if only the public would take responsibilty for themselves, is pointless.
Cheers, Phil.