good points!

I don’t know, just a fun conspiracy theory 😀

Not familiar with the project but:

Probably useful for anyone wanting to integrate monero into a project that (only) uses Go.

Secondly decentralisation is always good. (eg, an unlucky bug might not affect EVERYONE anymore).

iirc there was speculation that the average android phone also does this. As google “mysteriously” knows your location given just the wifi networks in your proximity. Publicity is important here so consumers can make better decisions.

What to do with the structural recording of imagery (and now, also mapping location to wifi networks) in the regulatory sphere is a complex question. Should one be allowed to take a picture in public and store it? I believe so yes (very important for journalism, something that we would want more of in Xinjiang for instance).

Then we would also allow individuals to do this multiple times over.

Why should a business not have the same right? And if you ban google from doing this; what then stops anybody from creating a “decentralized” google streetview database?

What happens on the street (in public) is public. What you transmit into a public space using your wifi antenna might also be put into the same category.

Google is evil because it is (near) monopolistic in various areas (including navigation software) and thus one can’t make practical yet good consumer decisions anymore. I however don’t see much wrong with this specific activity of what you call “wardriving”. Please let me know if and why you don’t agree.

Looks very interesting.

Blockchain bloat indeed is an issue here…

Don’t see how it would, if party A can send funds anonymously to party B, then why can’t party B send funds anonymously to party A. A simple implementation would be to just put a new “(return) address” with each transaction.

Indeed would introduce blockchain bloat. I do feel that this might be an important feature though. Say I need to pay before I can fill up my car, no one knows exactly how much gas I will be buying. I"d like to pay 1XMR and have the unused remainder sent back to me. Sure, not fully trustless but fine for small transactions.