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Easy: They allow it to happen due to the culture of laziness. They don't use local-first software, utilize multiple nyms for certain purposes, use email aliases or have spam traps, self-host their own data, use cryptocurrency, etc.
Need I go on?
Are you saying they allow it because they use cryptocurrency?
Because unlike cash, cryptocurrency is designed to be traced. Even Monero. That’s the entire point of a digital ledger on a blockchain.
That's not how that works. The funds can be traced to a wallet, but not necessarily to any specific person. Why Silk Road was able to operate unabated for so long.
So you're saying cryptocurrency is the CBDC? That's the vibe I'm getting at.
As long as you don't link it to yourself by doing some KYC or being exceptionally stupid it doesn't matter if they can read the public ledger