You can buy from a physical location if the seller is not a regulated seller (just a random person), chances are they bought the bitcoin from someone else where the coin literally could come from any place in the world. The magic of bitcoin is it is digital so the “coins” can “teleport” around.
bountygiver [any]
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that’s why you make sure you don’t leave PII that links to you in that transaction. Buy bitcoin with cash from your local shady dealer (of course you can buy drugs from them directly, but BTC is still good for drugs they don’t carry)
But as long as you can have a trusted central authority, you don’t need blockchain without needing to trust all the clients. The central authority can enforce authentication and authorization for what each client can do, combine with proper logging it is already sufficient. Blockchain is only needed if there’s absolutely no central authority (which is not the case for any traditional business as by nature they already have a hierarchy where the top would act as the central authority, therefore any business that implements blockchain internally is just BS-ing).
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
World News@lemmy.world•‘No other option’: inside the refugee camp for trans Americans fleeing TrumpEnglish
3·23 days agoWould be a win win if we can do some citizenship exchange with those that really want to split off to US.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Android@lemdro.id•Don't want to pay for YouTube Premium? Morphe picks up where Revanced left off.English
2·1 month agoActually a longer wait than an ad would be.
At least some of the weaker twitch ad blocker does tell you it is skipping ads and you get an estimated time it will be back up again.
I just start up revanced and it just works.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Android@lemdro.id•Don't want to pay for YouTube Premium? Morphe picks up where Revanced left off.English
21·1 month agoThe point is YouTube blocks your IP and your video don’t load if you don’t log in
I know how this app works, I have used NewPipe for years already, this is a pretty recent problem.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Android@lemdro.id•Don't want to pay for YouTube Premium? Morphe picks up where Revanced left off.English
11·1 month agoUnfortunately these alternatives suffers from YouTube keep breaking logins then block your IP if you are not signed in after like 3 videos.
Just like all the World of Warcraft killers failing to kill it, turns out the only thing that can kill it is WOW itself, and Windows is doing that just fine this time.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•Steam app is now 64-bit only on systems that support it, 32-bit support enters final countdown — 32-bit users will stop receiving updates in 2026English
2·2 months agoand windows 10 does offer 64 bit by default, you have to specifically pick the 32 bit option to install it
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
World News@lemmy.world•Spacecraft from Chinese launch nearly slammed into Starlink satellite, SpaceX saysEnglish
27·2 months agopersonally, i think all satellites live positions should be public at all times, with launching them being more accessible, it becomes harder to coordinate everyone who may or may not have a satellite.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You AnonymousEnglish
4·3 months agounless it’s about geo restrictions.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me"English
1·3 months agoStep 2 has been automated by LLMs (actually one of the jobs they are very good at doing), it’s easier than ever to be a tech shithead.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Games@sh.itjust.works•Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCsEnglish
2·3 months agoI’d trust someone who don’t have 15 gaming PC less to run a company in the gaming industry.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mltoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•We overestimate ourselvesEnglish
6·3 months agoya 8am flights are insane, too early to wake early for and too late to stay up until you board.
4am flights are the best cheapskate ones.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Printers leave a watermark on each page indicating the exact printer that it came from. Are there any other examples of these privacy violations that aren't common knowledge?English
3·4 months agoyou certainly can just run wireshark on your PC and your router, then compare them in the end of the day (with your router’s file filtered your PC’s source address)
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Privacy@lemmy.ml•Printers leave a watermark on each page indicating the exact printer that it came from. Are there any other examples of these privacy violations that aren't common knowledge?English
29·4 months agonah only the minidump is reported back which only contains the memory the crashing stack is using. Sending the full dump would requires uploading gigabytes of data which would cripple any home internet as they mostly have very limited upstream bandwidth.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
Android@lemdro.id•Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phonesEnglish
4·4 months agoI doubt Google actually reviews each app submitted line by line of code. So a malicious developer can theoretically sneak it in one popular app via play store updates.
Good thing the point of 2FA is the 2 factor part so this only compromises one of the two, without some very coordinated attack it’s still quite hard to gain access to your accounts.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mltoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•One of the few good outcomes of this situationEnglish
8·4 months agoBecause SIms 5 onwards is cloud gaming only and therefore cannot be modded, also the servers shut off so literally no one can play it anymore.
bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlto
A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored...English
2·4 months agoSo just people can’t perceive longer term costs. Damn the government can decrease this backlash so much by just billing from their liability insurance directly instead of sending the fine to the person.

Or rather the feds that are reading data on these email servers are on their side so they have nothing to fear.