@WuMing2

I agree with your statement about surveillance that comes along with current technology and business models.

This is why #Taler has been invented in the first place, to provide an option to exit out of surveillance, specifically in the realm of payments. Being an open protocol ( #Taler ) and being implemented as free software ( #GNUTaler ), it is a genuine alternative to existing digital payment schemes.

Of course, it is not an isolated solution to the challenge of modern surveillance, but part of a broader strategy for digital sovereignty of the individual. We see the Zeitgeist already change and more people adopt less intrusive alternatives and sometimes decentralized services, like mastodon, to enshittified services.

When #Taler will enjoy broader adoption for fiat currencies via supporting banks etc., people and businesses will have a true privacy-preserving yet legally compliant alternative for digital payments, too.

Its openness will allow the development of wallets for all sorts of hardware, software environments and specific user needs, and therefore be significant part of the goal of achieving digital sovereignty of the individual.

Being a digital payment system, it might also become a central part in the funding of free and open source software.

I think this is enough enthusiasm for a Saturday noon.

@WuMing2

On top of better privacy, #Taler is not account based, and therefore the threat model is very different. All account based systems, including TIPS, suffer from identity theft, loss of credentials, unauthorized access to accounts etc.

This is not possible in Taler: You withdraw coins directly onto your wallet. They are then in your custody. No account, no login, no danger of credentials getting stolen.

Even if you have not made a backup of your wallet and - say - you loose your mobile phone, then only the amount left in the wallet is lost. No need to "lock an account" or "credit card".

@debacle @karsten1968 @virgil_tibbs @hweimer @jill @Taler @just1and0

Genauer: im Prinzip in der ganzen Schweiz. Erste Merchants in Biel und online bieten Bezahlen in CHF mit #Taler schon an, siehe https://map.taler-ops.ch.

@karsten1968 @virgil_tibbs @hweimer @jill @Taler @just1and0

Gibt es leider heutzutage noch fast nirgends. Außer in einer Schweizer Uni-Mensa und beim CCC?

https://www.taler.net/de/

#TALER