Agree with you here. The only addition from me would be that I'd say we have 100% control over our data if we can delete it or, at least, remove it. When data leaves our devices, effectively, we lose control over it. So, within the context of networked data and compared to centralised services, decentralised services and protocols certainly afford us *more* control.
Thanks for your input here. That's an old post. You've dug deep 🙏
You make an excellent point, my friend. Complete control over our data requires the ability to either delete it or remove it from a network entirely. As you noted, centralized systems are rarely able to offer such granular control.
The blockchain technology and Nostr protocol can help in this regard by giving users more capability over their data within the context of the growing interconnectedness brought about by our hyper-digitized world. People need to be sure that their private messages remain private rather than serving as commodities for manipulation purposes without permission.
I thank you too for providing stimulating topics where I am endowed with expressing my ideas as adapted around Bitcoin's cutting-edge opportunities!
Hey it's an honour and a pleasure. These conversation really need to happen.
Concerning message privacy: We are in another E2EE quagmire here in Europe. I don't know where on this beautiful rock you are but right here our personal privacy is under attack once again from the power mongers and this time they're going a step further by passing legislation that could allow regulatory 'authorities' direct access to our devices. Having tried for years to coerce the big guns in the E2EE messaging sphere to hand over customer data, especially message data and metadata, they going through the central political system and the legal system itself to subvert our privacy. I'm sure you are aware of this problem. My primary concern about this is that it bypasses all protocols on any network be they centralised or decentralised. The powers-that-be have their reasons but those reasons won't lead to solutions via technosolutionism. The problems that their legislation proposes to solve aren't technological ones. They are human problems.
Bitcoin potential is a lot larger than I thought until quite recently. It looks like btc could help to solve a lot of third world issues. I think that's where it's truest life will be. Of course, we've gotta fire it all up over here in the West for it to do its work over there. I'm learning about that now. It's very interesting and although not new at all, it is new to me.
