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Comment · 1 year ago
Don’t get me wrong, I am highly skeptical. I also am genuinely curious because it seems to be in their best interest to delete these records for a few reasons:

1. Adherence to their own customer-facing policy. 2. Corporate or government customers would CERTAINLY want their data handling requirements to be respected. 3. In my experience at $MEGA_CORP, we absolutely delete customer data or never maintain logs at all for ML inference products. 4. They’re a corporation with explicit goal of making money. They’re not interested in assisting LE beyond minimum legal requirements.

But still I wonder what the reality is at OpenAI.

Comment · 1 year ago
I would like to know if OpenAI is able to supply this information to law enforcement even if their user's history has been cleared.
Comment · 1 year ago
Just did! Been great so far!
Comment · 1 year ago
Even in ANY jurisdiction you’d presumably need a contractual agreement with the issuer. IIRC only certain entities may redeem tether/USDC for cash. You at a minimum need an account! Not like I can just send those companies my tokens and get straight cash.

The whole thing is just asinine. The killer use case for crypto is dodging laws & regulation. Not even judging because that’s REAL utility!

Comment · 1 year ago
How will you redeem your stable coin without some interaction with and approval from a bank? Where do you think the stable coin issuers hold their dollars?

I mean FFS the dang tokens are literally pegged to the dollar.

Comment · 1 year ago
Whoever controls the protocol and network nodes can indeed unilaterally alter the blockchain just like any other data structure.
Comment · 1 year ago
Arc always interested me for the UX and design choices (especially since I'm one of those who constantly has 100s of tabs open). But the account requirement is a hard blocker for me adopting as my daily driver. Anyone know of similar projects? I recall there being a arc-inspired linux-supported project, but they refused to sign their macOS release for god knows what reason.
Comment · 1 year ago
I haven't even really been discussing the case from the OP. I'm more so just surprised at the number of comments (like yourself) that appear to be expressing sympathy for financial or white collar criminals.

I suppose it's a philosophical difference...I just hope that you appreciate how extreme the position is. The amount of fraud in this country is disturbing and I don't think it is compassionate/kind at all to keep these people out of prison while most people are struggling to make an honest living. It creates a moral hazard.

Comment · 1 year ago
Idk man I guess you’re a different kind of guy but I have precisely ZERO problems with putting the con artists that targeted my grandma in prison.

They’re gonna keep doing it.

Comment · 1 year ago
You’re so noble! /s

How much money would someone need to cause in damages to you or your loved ones before you change your tune? Steal your car? Your home? Your parent’s retirement? It’s just money!

Comment · 1 year ago
And I don’t buy this as a serious well thought out argument. If someone destroys your method of producing personal income they have indeed damaged your personal finances.
Comment · 1 year ago
That’s an insane take. Financial damage isn’t a problem for you? What if someone targeted you personally or your business?
Comment · 1 year ago
Seriously! The product itself is supposed to be the valuable thing…regardless of the underlying technology.
Comment · 1 year ago
Christ…

What does that even mean and what do you want changed?

Comment · 1 year ago

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