Totally agree. Man up and send me a few whole bitcoins already!

2014-07-12 CoinTelegraph - Mandatory Bitcoin Reporting Ordered in Argentina

http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=690169.0

Mandatory Bitcoin Reporting Ordered in Argentina

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112060/mandatory-bitcoin-reporting-ordered-in-argentina

<< The July 4th, 2014 announcement by Argentina’s Unidad de Información Financiera (UIF) that all financial service companies in the country would need to begin reporting all transactions involving virtual currencies. The primary concern, according to the UIF was the threat of both money laundering and the ability to use cryptocurrencies to finance criminal activities or terrorism. Unfortunately, like most such official concerns, the politics of the situation never allows that fiat currencies are used in the exact same manner as virtual currencies and that such onerous regulations will not stop its use by them any more than it does with dollars. >>

2014-07-12 DailyFinance - Bitcoin Treasure Hunt Launched in San Francisco by Mystery Donor

http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=690124.0

Bitcoin Treasure Hunt Launched in San Francisco by Mystery Donor

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/07/12/bitcoin-treasure-hunt-launched-in-san-francisco-by-mystery-donor/

<< If you missed out on the Hidden Cash treasure hunt last May,never fear. @SFHiddenBitcoin has arrived, transforming San Francisco into a gigantic bitcoins beta test. No one knows who is leaving the shiny bitcoin "wallets" around the city and posting tantalizing clues on Twitter. But the buzz is building for the daily crypto-currency scavenger hunt. >>

The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/11/the-ultimate-goal-of-the-nsa-is-total-population-control

<< At least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US, says whistleblower William Binney – that's a "totalitarian mentality". >>

Google admits to errors over Guardian "right to be forgotten" link deletions

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/10/google-admits-errors-guardian-right-to-be-forgotten-deletions

<< David Drummond, chief legal officer of internet search firm, says adjusting to EU rule on removing content is "work in progress". >>

North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/10/north-korea-un-the-interview-seth-rogen-james-franco

<< The Interview, concerning a TV host and producer hired to assassinate Kim Jong-un, has been condemned by North Korea as "sponsoring terrorism". >>

2014-07-05 Insurance News Net - Startup sees business in bitcoin, seeking to promote local uptake of digital currency

http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=680394.0

Startup sees business in bitcoin, seeking to promote local uptake of digital currency

http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/07/05/startup-sees-business-in-bitcoin-seeking-to-promote-local-uptake-of-digital-cur-a-526444.html

<< First came the switch off of the gold standard. Then checkbooks and credit cards started the shift away from cash - but to bitcoin advocates, not far enough. >>

2014-07-06 CoinTelegraph - Ireland Central Bank Official Admits Bitcoin's Disruptive Potential

http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=680389.0

Ireland Central Bank Official Admits Bitcoin's Disruptive Potential

http://cointelegraph.com/news/112015/ireland-central-bank-official-admits-bitcoins-disruptive-potential

<< "Virtual and digital currencies can challenge the sovereignty of states", says Gareth Murphy, senior Central Bank of Ireland official. At a recent digital money conference in Dublin, he mentioned that rivals are interfering with a bank's ability to sway the price of credit for the entire economy. Murphy warned that there might be considerable threat to the finances of a country if increasingly more transactions for services and goods fade away from the tax system due to the use of crypto currencies such as Bitcoin. >>

NSA intercepts: ordinary internet users "far outnumbered" legal targets

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/06/nsa-intercepts-ordinary-internet-users-outnumbered-legal-targets

<< Washington Post report says half surveillance files collected between 2009 and 2012 belonged to US citizens or residents. >>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-nsa-intercepted-data-those-not-targeted-far-outnumber-the-foreigners-who-are/2014/07/05/8139adf8-045a-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322_story.html

<< Files provided by Snowden show extent to which ordinary Web users are caught in the net. >>

Revealed: the banks using "pseudo" solicitor firms to make debtors pay up

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jul/04/banks-legal-demands-that-scare-customers

<< Threatening legal letters from what appear to be solicitor firms are actually coming from a department of Lloyds or NatWest. >>

Privacy watchdog files complaint over Facebook emotion experiment

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/04/privacy-watchdog-files-complaint-over-facebook-emotion-experiment

<< US privacy pressure group files complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission over use of user data without consent. >>

Why has Google cast me into oblivion?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28130581

<< This morning the BBC received the following notification from Google:

Notice of removal from Google Search: we regret to inform you that we are no longer able to show the following pages from your website in response to certain searches on European versions of Google:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/thereporters/robertpeston/2007/10/merrills_mess.html

What it means is that a blog I wrote in 2007 will no longer be findable when searching on Google in Europe. >>

EU's right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been hidden by Google

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/02/eu-right-to-be-forgotten-guardian-google

<< Publishers must fight back against this indirect challenge to press freedom, which allows articles to be "disappeared". Editorial decisions belong with them, not Google. >>

Internet filters blocking one in five most-popular websites

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/02/internet-filters-blocking-popular-websites-guido-jezebel

<< Jezebel and Guido Fawkes sites among those blocked by at least one mobile or fixed line service provider in UK, campaigners say. >>

Facebook apologises for psychological experiments on users

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/02/facebook-apologises-psychological-experiments-on-users

<< The second most powerful executive at the company, Sheryl Sandberg, says experiments were "poorly communicated". >>