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  1. Mh. Jeff Cliff, BSc(CompSci) (jeffcliff@niu.moe)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2019 20:17:33 EDT Mh. Jeff Cliff, BSc(CompSci) Mh. Jeff Cliff, BSc(CompSci)

    this is what we should have been afraid of: that the US government would strong-arm nsafacebook into taking even what could have been a good thing (a decentralized network, like bitcoin) and turning it into a tool of global oppression by adding "spy on your customer" mechanisms right into the payment network https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/07/19/2349224/facebook-backpedals-from-its-original-ambitious-vision-for-libra

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      An anonymous reader quotes Ars Technica: David Marcus, the head of Facebook's new Calibra payments division, appeared before two hostile congressional committees this week with a simple message: Facebook knows policymakers are concerned about Libra, and Facebook won't move forward with the project u...
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