Topic: Say OUI to privacy! (Read 120 times)

Of course, that's how this started:

Blinds, curtains, rolling shutters half opened, but the only solution is (in street houses) to go the second floor  , I myself can't tolerate the noise in some of them.
It's the same thing here in central europe, older houses had the wall on the street, no garden no nothing so basically your window is much like a McDonalds drive through, of course the farther your go from the center the less noisy they became but I still wouldn't be able to live in one. I know an old house a family friend rented for 2 years it that was so badly redesigned that if you didn't have the doors closed you could see the toilet seat directly from the window!

But once you hit the rural areas, that's where 2 meter wood steel/concrete fences are the new reality which makes me wonder how do people live in America with that lawn up-front every stranger can just go and have a pick nick on it.


This kind of drone?
I can already see the new real-estate ads, "apartment complex has own pool, playground , and is protected by its skynex security systems with four dual 35mm guns! "

Don't you guys use blinds or curtains?

Sure, the room's gonna be dark, at least if you don't use any proper lighting along with it, but at least in the computer room you can install some nice drapes which completely block out vision from the outside, and make sure that nobody can spy on your PC while you are using your wallet (hardware or software).

Even without such houses, I believe there still needs to be a level of paranoia when operating Bitcoin things.  I have seen drones flying above my neighborhood before.  Strangers creeping over windows or the fence too.  People creeping on to my screen.

I would not want that drone camera to catch me pulling out my Hardware Wallet.  Next thing you know is I get to be on a random commercial ad happily operating my Bitcoin Wallet in what I thought was Privacy.  Hundreds of people possibly realizing my property has Bitcoin too.  And that is only if the commercial is not noticed enough.  Imagine there is an image of you operating a Hardware Wallet on some random page of the Internet.  How exciting!

Now, dutch crimes related to stealing Bitcoin from spying into houses will skyrocket. We are doomed, new 5$ wrench attack. 

Not kidding, it might be a real issue once someone involved in crimes manages to obtain a (dutch) Bitcoiner housing address.
Most of all if someone gets to know he can steal a large amount there.

You might consider to re-locate your Bitcoin sending place to 1st floor? 

I guess you don't know Dutch houses: they have large windows, are built close together and don't have much distance from the sidewalk.

I did not want to discover America in my post, it's discovered already. 

Many people don't value privacy as an important topic because it's too much work to consider, deemed unnecessary, because of lack of (basic) knowledge or whatever reason.
Here, we can already gain a lot if we are aware of privacy, know it's an important topic and how to avoid simple mistakes.

I did not plan to write a guide in my first post because I don't want to create an overextended post.
It is simply not helpful to do so because detailed guides are often better.

Privacy can be achieved by many ways, also depending on each situation and how technology changes.


We can never know who's outside. 
Probably, he's living in a crowded place, where passengers are walking right in front of his window?

Depending on our situation and location, his measures can make sense very much.

Privacy techniques are definitely very numerous and different and for Bitcoin it's also a security related topic. Because a privacy breach can always trigger more negative consequences, depending on how it occured.

It seems like Privacy is subjective nowadays.  Some people think it is not a Privacy breach to be asked Know Your Customer.  Others like me think it is way past the border of what I think intrusion is.

Applying Privacy techniques is directly correlated with what I said above.  What are Privacy techniques to you?  To members like LoyceV it goes as far as pulling the curtains of his windows before using his Bitcoin Wallets.  To some it only means not having their Bitcoin Address linked to any Online account.

You did not discover America by saying that Bitcoin users, and indeed all Internet users, need to adhere to confidentiality.
Everything you said is a general opinion that could be said by anyone who has learned the word "confidentiality" somewhere.
But the fact that you write that you do not want to cover a more detailed guide on this topic only confirms that you will not write anything new except what has already been on the forum for a long time.
Therefore, your motivations will probably be useful, but they should be more specific and contain complete information, such as how, where, and why.

Is there anything new besides this?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.61717956

Hello


While trying to find an appropriate section for my first post, I'll go for it here; if it’s not an appropriate section, feel free to push my post where it is suited best.

Most of us know already after doing research about Bitcoin how many aspects of Bitcoin are not very easy to understand sometimes and there will certainly be better ways to study the most important information and education about the network in the future.
For now, we have to get along with current education content, where we need to do our own job to filter useful information from useless stuff.

All the basics are very difficult to understand sometimes already, at least for me because my education, knowledge and experience is not based on any stuff like computer studies, coding or similar.



Privacy is an additional big topic when it comes to Bitcoin. Since privacy in Bitcoin requires a good knowledge of Bitcoin basics, it's a major challenge for us to apply sufficient practices to preserve our privacy in Bitcoin. Only Bitcoin network participants who know exactly about Bitcoin's complex technology and functions and can apply them will be able to maintain their privacy well in Bitcoin, which makes privacy very difficult.

Even small mistakes can lead to one's privacy being compromised in Bitcoin. However, sometimes it can be quite easy to improve our privacy, not just limited solely for Bitcoin, it's also helpful for normal internet privacy.

Privacy can be improved very easily but people need to care for it and need to be aware about it, like creating a mail address, where no personal information is contained and different mail addresses for different purposes.


Some people are still very hesitant for applying privacy related practices and when I'm here I want to encourage everyone to apply privacy related practices because a lot of privacy can already be achieved by only a few, simple steps.
I'm not going into detail here about particular advice because it's my first post and it would get too long but I'm sure practices for privacy have much relevance in pseudonymous Bitcoin transactions.



We should get an awareness of how important privacy is and how crucial it is to preserve our privacy in Bitcoin.
Ultimately, saying 'Oui' (French for 'yes') to privacy is key!


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