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  • datendefekt@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.mlGNU Taler is not your friend
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    4 months ago

    I don’t know how the technical implementation will work, but here is a post I found.

    The idea is that you transfer money from the bank to your device, just like withdrawing cash from an ATM. Transferring money from one wallet to another should be able to be offline.

    It seems like privacy is a priority, if only to satisfy privacy groups and improve acceptance.








  • It’s been a while since I looked into it, and things might have changed since then, but some stuff off the top of my head:

    • Messages are stored on the server, not on the device
    • end-to-end encryption not enabled by default
    • uses proprietary encryption, making security audits difficult

    Apart from that it’s somewhat politically questionable, based in Dubai (I think), with dubious financial backing and Russian developers. Because it’s closed source and the encryption is proprietary, there’s no way of knowing how much info it leaks.