silverpill<p><span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://infosec.exchange/@oec" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@oec</a></span></p><blockquote><p>Do you think an anonymous payment system like <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.social/collections/tags/gnutaler" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNUTaler</a>, along with its anonymous subscription service capabilities, could be helpful and to what degree?</p></blockquote><p>Taler is not anonymous. In the past, this fact was stated on their main page, but it seems that they removed the text. Instead, they now advertise the system as <a href="https://www.taler.net/en/features.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">taxable</a>: "when using Taler, merchant's revenue is transparent for tax collection authorities". Which means, our confidential transaction data can be viewed by anyone who is considered an authority and can be leaked at any moment. It is like end-to-end encryption with a backdoor.</p><p>An example of a truly anonymous payment system is <a class="hashtag" href="https://mitra.social/collections/tags/monero" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a>, which protects senders and recipients equally. I use it to receive donations to my FOSS projects, it's a great tool.</p>