commit f192195eee2ef1bde6ca9ef6541fc3c597c27379
parent 5dda6697a8b16244f4f87a555ab07cf2b140bd95
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:19:48 +0100
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/2022-privacy/privacy.tex b/2022-privacy/privacy.tex
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ sovereign: the European citizens.
The French report~\cite{french2021} correctly states that a Digital Euro based
on accounts poses ``democratic risks'' and could allow ``state surveillance of
-all transactions of every individual''.
+all transactions of every individual''.
Subsequently the wording of the French report is misleading, as it turns the
possibility of privacy-invasive monitoring into a mandatory feature of any
CBDC, which is demonstrably false: There are many digital currencies and
@@ -278,10 +278,7 @@ The European Parliament has members
proposing to ban the use of facial recognition in public
spaces~\cite{euai2021}. The ECB's proposal seemingly ignores the popular
rejection of treating every citizen as a criminal suspect by doubling down.
-Payment data is already typically retained for 6 or more years.
-% FIXME: What is this referring to? Is it already retained 6 or more years? Is that proposed?
-% That is common fact for banking in EU/US/UK and likely other states.
-% That said, if someone has a good reference, that would be appreciated...
+Payment data is already typically retained for 6 or more years.~\cite{fca}
The missing link in the ECB proposal that would
reveal the dystopic reality they would invoke would be a statement that facial
recognition could be used to conveniently establish the payer's identity --- or
