01-14-2022, 09:09 PM
How do you know Monero is actually private?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Before anyone comments the obvious, yes, I know why it is private. My actual question is; how do we know it wasn’t created by the FBI (or similar agency)</p> <p>If you think that is a little farfetched, let me point you towards the ANOM app. An app used by people doing huge drug operations that they were convinced was anonymous. Not small time criminals either; we are talking in the millions. </p> <p>So back to my question. What if the FBI was actually running monero, and using it to catch big money launderers in the future? Would also explain why there is such a big reward for anyone who can crack it. That is there as a red herring. </p> <p>Anyway that is my conspiracy theory, thanks for reading.</p> <p>Edited to add: imagine you found a privacy/security vulnerability in monero. Would you tell everyone? Or would you collect the reward?</p> <p>Edit 2 to say this was a post to take a break from the constant ‘are we in bear market’ posts. Don’t be too harsh in my DMs guys</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ukrepman"> /u/ukrepman </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/s3s5uh/how_do_you_know_monero_is_actually_private/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/s3s5uh/how_do_you_know_monero_is_actually_private/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Before anyone comments the obvious, yes, I know why it is private. My actual question is; how do we know it wasn’t created by the FBI (or similar agency)</p> <p>If you think that is a little farfetched, let me point you towards the ANOM app. An app used by people doing huge drug operations that they were convinced was anonymous. Not small time criminals either; we are talking in the millions. </p> <p>So back to my question. What if the FBI was actually running monero, and using it to catch big money launderers in the future? Would also explain why there is such a big reward for anyone who can crack it. That is there as a red herring. </p> <p>Anyway that is my conspiracy theory, thanks for reading.</p> <p>Edited to add: imagine you found a privacy/security vulnerability in monero. Would you tell everyone? Or would you collect the reward?</p> <p>Edit 2 to say this was a post to take a break from the constant ‘are we in bear market’ posts. Don’t be too harsh in my DMs guys</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ukrepman"> /u/ukrepman </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/s3s5uh/how_do_you_know_monero_is_actually_private/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/s3s5uh/how_do_you_know_monero_is_actually_private/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R