Privacy under threat from all sides. Government surveillance, corporate data harvesting—which poses the bigger risk? Privacy researcher and renowned security expert Bruce Schneier cuts through the noise with a blunt take: both are equally problematic. "They're both bad, but they're both the same," he points out. In an era where Web3 users grapple with on-chain transparency versus privacy trade-offs, this conversation hits different. Whether it's government agencies tracking financial flows or platforms monetizing user data, the stakes couldn't be higher. Schneier's perspective challenges us to think beyond false choices. The real question isn't which threat is worse—it's how we build systems that respect privacy at every layer.
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MEVictim
· 8h ago
Oh, I agree with the saying that both sides are broken... but when it comes to Web3, it's really different... everything on the chain is crystal clear, no one can hide from it.
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MEVHunter_9000
· 8h ago
Honestly, both are equally annoying, and I can't tell who is worse.
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unrekt.eth
· 8h ago
Honestly, both the government and corporations are bad, they all want to scrape our data clean... Web3 is even more ironic, transparent on the chain but privacy is gone, what should we do?
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RatioHunter
· 8h ago
NGL, Schneier is right. When both sides are rotten, there's no point in arguing about who is worse. The key is how to escape.
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BlockchainWorker
· 9h ago
Honestly, the government and big corporations are both bleeding us dry. Choosing one is doomed to fail.
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Bruce is right, both are rotten to the core. Don't think about choosing one over the other.
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Web3 is about escaping this surveillance hell, but on-chain transparency is another trap...
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Privacy? Ha, that concept has long ceased to exist.
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The key is we have no real choice. Being squeezed from both sides, we still have to grit our teeth and play along.
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Instead of fussing over who is worse, it's better to think about how to technically counteract completely.
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That's why I insist on self-custody wallets, leaving no chance for anyone to audit.
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Ironically, the more we hide and stay secret, the more suspicious we become. This puzzle is truly unsolvable.
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Wait, does Bruce's mention of "the same bad" imply we all need to fight against it simultaneously?
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No privacy on-chain, monitored off-chain, how do we walk this Web3 path...
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GasFeeCrier
· 9h ago
Both are bad but the same? That logic sounds like it's talking about our Web3 folks... On-chain transparency is the original sin.
Privacy under threat from all sides. Government surveillance, corporate data harvesting—which poses the bigger risk? Privacy researcher and renowned security expert Bruce Schneier cuts through the noise with a blunt take: both are equally problematic. "They're both bad, but they're both the same," he points out. In an era where Web3 users grapple with on-chain transparency versus privacy trade-offs, this conversation hits different. Whether it's government agencies tracking financial flows or platforms monetizing user data, the stakes couldn't be higher. Schneier's perspective challenges us to think beyond false choices. The real question isn't which threat is worse—it's how we build systems that respect privacy at every layer.