For context; I live in a NOT progressive country/region where being LGBT is illegal, and I often post in LGBT spaces. I want to do digital transactions but am afraid of the above will quickly get me in jail.

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Assuming banks in your country follow typical banking industry regulations, an account with a digital bank doesn’t really differ much from opening an account in person at a local branch. Banks report to the government for tax purposes, and transactions may also be monitored because of anti money laundering regulations.

    You need to clarify the relation between banking transactions and posting in LGBT spaces though. Do you mean your transactions are directly related like donating to LGBT orgs? Or do you just mean you don’t want your online activity (posting and communicating on forums) connected back to you? If it’s the latter, then you need to look more into anonymization (i.e. use throwaway user accounts and don’t share personal info; get a vpn; etc.)