Why Anonymity so important to you?

[gelar24]

yes at any time we will definitely need anonymity
because of online transactions also do not have the law, since the occult stuff.
so anonymity is important if at any time it happens it is not in want right

[NotAtOld]

Security and convenience are a never ending war of trade-offs. I would rather spend a little extra effort mixing my coins that keep in an alt that doesn't have even a fraction of the hashing power behind it.

[Kayex]

Security and convenience are a never ending war of trade-offs. I would rather spend a little extra effort mixing my coins that keep in an alt that doesn't have even a fraction of the hashing power behind it.

True.
The governmet wants to tax everything they can and they want to watch every currency.
Even currencies that don't 'belong' to them.
I don't tend to mix my coins either.
I have nothing to hide.

[needFREElunch]

Security and convenience are a never ending war of trade-offs. I would rather spend a little extra effort mixing my coins that keep in an alt that doesn't have even a fraction of the hashing power behind it.

This is not true if you think for the long term. Over short periods it takes a little bit longer to setup security, however you generally will only need to do this a limited number of times.

[darkota]

I think this day and age the question should be why is anonymity not so important to you.  With all these devices on the open market that have the ability to surveil people without their knowing.  Does privacy concerns mean you have something bad to hide?  For me it is only something I like to have as an option if I find my privacy is not being respected.  Consider it preparation for an uncertain future.

Very true. Even google changed their ToA, to state that they have the right to see user's emails/inbox etc.

[BowieMan]

Yeah you're right. But you can just try and do your best to avoid being snooped on every occasion. I don't need companies to manufacture some profile of my shopping habits or where I'm buying my stuff.

Deterministic wallets with coin control will do this. Armory, Blockchain.info, and Electrum come to mind.

Yeah, they will. I didn't say that Bitcoin doesn't allow you to remain anonymous or pseudonymous. I think the way Electrum does this is a very nice thing. The seed is very easy to remember (or better: keep offline in a safe place) and you can easily reconstruct all the addresses you've used with it!

[BTCreward]

I think this day and age the question should be why is anonymity not so important to you.  With all these devices on the open market that have the ability to surveil people without their knowing.  Does privacy concerns mean you have something bad to hide?  For me it is only something I like to have as an option if I find my privacy is not being respected.  Consider it preparation for an uncertain future.

Very true. Even google changed their ToA, to state that they have the right to see user's emails/inbox etc.

Google uses this so they can provide advertisements to your inbox effectively, so they can charge more for adsense and make more money.

[Ayers]

they don't want to pay taxes i think, i can't see other reasons, beside the normal illegal activity

[Omikifuse]

from other topic:

I trade on LBC and can confirm similar suspicions.   Couple weeks ago I initiated a purchase with a local seller.  Typically Bitcoin people I've met are open and excited about the currency but this seller didn't seem particularly friendly and just answered yes or no.  What struck me as odd was as I was leaving, I caught the glance of another man seated at another table and his eyes widened as if he saw Lenin's ghost then quickly averted eye contact. I've seen that look before when I've been followed by poorly trained undercover security at department stores.  

This week, I received a package of clothing that I was expecting.  It had a clean 2 inch slit as if my mail were being inspected.  

That's all to report for now, but I'm going to send some test mail to myself.  Maybe send some flour or something...  

Because there are dickkers that will make everything to associate you with criminals activities if you are known for you bitoin envolvemtns, and this can be a pain and cause you trouble.

[Mobius]

Security and convenience are a never ending war of trade-offs. I would rather spend a little extra effort mixing my coins that keep in an alt that doesn't have even a fraction of the hashing power behind it.

This is not true if you think for the long term. Over short periods it takes a little bit longer to setup security, however you generally will only need to do this a limited number of times.

It may get easier over time to keep yourself secure, however it will always take more time to secure your money and identity then for them to not be secure. Being secure however does eliminate a lot of risks associated with holding even small amounts of bitcoin.

[Ozziecoin]

they don't want to pay taxes i think, i can't see other reasons, beside the normal illegal activity

See NSA prism program.

[Ozziecoin]

Security and convenience are a never ending war of trade-offs. I would rather spend a little extra effort mixing my coins that keep in an alt that doesn't have even a fraction of the hashing power behind it.

This is not true if you think for the long term. Over short periods it takes a little bit longer to setup security, however you generally will only need to do this a limited number of times.

No need to mix yourself soon, check darkcoin on testnet:

https://darkcointalk.org/threads/rc4-testing.1830/page-80 win and mac binaries part way down that page.

Testnet faucet: https://drkipn.com/test/faucet/

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

Because people don't want every aspect of their lives open for everyone to see.

[Jamie_Boulder]

It isn't important to me as you can see I'm using my real name on a forum but I can see why it's important to others, these days the smallest pieces of information can reveal so much about a person, what your interests are, where you live, what you bought, where you're going etc

You will never be individualized until you need to be.

[knybe]

in a time where everyone clamors to be seen and or famous, it's made everyone numb to the fact that they're giving away their freedom... we take our anonymity more and more for granted and makes it so much easier for "them" to track us.

anonymous is the new famous.

[Kayex]

in a time where everyone clamors to be seen and or famous, it's made everyone numb to the fact that they're giving away their freedom... we take our anonymity more and more for granted and makes it so much easier for "them" to track us.

anonymous is the new famous.

I think that statement is quite contradictory.
I see where you're going with that though.
I think the US is just afraid of the people creating an uprising.
Might just be me though.

[lyth0s]

With a system like the blockchain where it is essentially a large public ledger, if you get rid of the anonymity of the addresses, it becomes the ledger from hell. Allowing anyone to know exactly where you spend every dime, how often, on what dates and your total net wealth. That's simply....to much.

[Dogtanian]

Anonymity is important because it's a fundamental right. If I'm not doing anything bad or havent been suspected of doing anything bad and without good evidence nobody has the legal right to spy or check up on me on the off chance that I might be doing something they don't like, which could later be used against me in some way.

[Slark]

If bitcoin were really truly anonymous in 100% It would be great, but there are ways i.e blockchain to track your coins. While it does not show you directly your location or name it can be tracked. But it is still better that credit cards or other online payments method...

[Rampton]

If bitcoin were really truly anonymous in 100% It would be great, but there are ways i.e blockchain to track your coins. While it does not show you directly your location or name it can be tracked. But it is still better that credit cards or other online payments method...

I don't think bitcoin ever claimed to be truly anonymous, but you can use it without tying your account to your real world identity. I or others don't know anything about you just because you have a bitcoin address or send and recieve payments.