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Paid for services from EU companies with Bitcoin. Was forced to provide personal details under the "Travel Rule".

So what did I do?

Provided them with bogus details of course!

Fuck the EU.
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Sjors Provoost 10mo ago

The travel rule is not an EU invention, it comes from the #FATF which is dominated by the USA.

Of course the EU should have protected its citizens and not implement any of this crap. Instead it enthusiastically embraced it.

Not legal advice, but it's probably better to outright refuse than to commit fraud, especially when it comes to AML compliance.

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IM 10mo ago

Fair point. Perhaps a bit cavalier on my behalf, but it was two transactions and I then later took my business elsewhere.

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Sjors Provoost 10mo ago

Yeah it's especially good to let companies know they're losing your business. Perhaps it motivates them to lobby for proper privacy respecting legislation.