Comment by F3nd0
10 hours ago
> GNU Taler provides a backdoor for spying.
And that backdoor for spying in this entirely free/libre software is…?
10 hours ago
> GNU Taler provides a backdoor for spying.
And that backdoor for spying in this entirely free/libre software is…?
The centralised state-run exchange that you have to connect to to make the software useful?
My understanding is that you (the buyer) connect to the exchange to get tokens, and the seller later connects to the exchange to get money for your tokens. The exchange doesn’t know where, how and when you spend your tokens. Where’s the backdoor?
(And I think the exchanges aren’t expected to be run directly by the state, but that’s probably irrelevant to the topic at hand.)