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Learning & News => For Beginners => Basic questions about this forum => Topic started by: bayu7adi on January 15, 2025, 04:22:23 AM
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This is the internet world, and we are almost every day exploring the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain... privacy is something that is an important aspect in our interactions, because we don't want many people to know more about our personalities and our sensitive data...
As a user of the altcoinstalks forum... do you use real data, such as the main email that you use for your main needs? or use another email that has never even been related to you at all?
Another related thing might be the cellphone number, is it wise to use the main cellphone number or is it better to use a alt cellphone number to interact in this virtual world?
**Maybe my question is not polite enough to be asked directly in this forum, so I apologize if this is a little disturbing to anyone who feels disturbed.
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If this is talking about forums in general, then I'll never give away my personal data, regardless of how trusted a website is. I'd never register an account on a forum that requires a mandatory phone number to begin with. If you're concerned about signature campaigns, I don't think legitimate ones require you to use an account that has personal information either. Most of them don't allow alts, but if you stick with one account it should be fine. Just ask the campaign manager if you need more clarity. You should be suspicious if they demand your real name, phone details, etc. As for e-mails I also use throwaway e-mails unless you're dealing with a service like exchange or something similar. CMIIW.
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As a user of the altcoinstalks forum... do you use real data, such as the main email that you use for your main needs? or use another email that has never even been related to you at all?
I try to keep my online identity and irl identity separate as much as possible. I have two different emails — one used for irl stuff and other for crypto stuff or anywhere where there is no need of real identity.
Another related thing might be the cellphone number, is it wise to use the main cellphone number or is it better to use a alt cellphone number to interact in this virtual world?
Depends on service, if it's reputed I would use my real mobile number, otherwise would look for virtual mobile number and use it instead (provided I am in dire need of that particular service in first place).
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Never give your real identity to anywhere as much as possible, internet is something that you can't eradicate the data once it's passed on the floor.
I use multiple emails for different purposes and I have one for altcointalks which I am using for Bitcointalk as well but I am not going to use the same email for signups on other websites like when you want to visit a site and they ask you to login and for that I use different and never ever click any email from the inbox because it's mostly filled with spams and probably phishing links. Be private and stay safe.
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It is not advisable to use real identity on any website, because you may not know the intentions of the owners. Some websites that demands real identity of users should be well scrutinized, it may be scammers who might have a disguised to be genuine but they can be fraudulent people.
As far as crypto ecosystem is concerned, we should carry out proper searches on any platform or website that asked of our personal details even KYC requirements must be thoroughly evaluated before registering on a website. whichever, its still very risky to give full personal details to any platform or projects for what ever purposes.
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Whether you like to interact with others or do not care about your privacy, it is best to avoid publishing a lot of personal data about yourself, such as your photos, phone number, email address, etc. Even if you are famous or a YouTuber, privacy is always important
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There are many countries when your number (main or alt) has to be registered under your name before you could activate it. Only give it online for business purposes but it would be wiser to use other means such as business emails or business social media pages.
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This is the internet world, and we are almost every day exploring the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain... privacy is something that is an important aspect in our interactions, because we don't want many people to know more about our personalities and our sensitive data...
As a user of the altcoinstalks forum... do you use real data, such as the main email that you use for your main needs? or use another email that has never even been related to you at all?
Another related thing might be the cellphone number, is it wise to use the main cellphone number or is it better to use a alt cellphone number to interact in this virtual world?
**Maybe my question is not polite enough to be asked directly in this forum, so I apologize if this is a little disturbing to anyone who feels disturbed.
Using the same email is not a big problem because using the same email on multiple platforms don't make your vulnerable to publicity unless you have used that email publically visible on the forum and on social media too because admins and moderators won't interefere with the database to give your emails to the authority that is what I think.
So if you make it publically visible then anyone can search it on altt and can know on which social media platform you have made it publically. This way they can connect us with our social life and therefore use different and numbers should never be used here.
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I don't think it is good to use your real phone number to register on any platform, the service might be reputable, but you don't know what can happen in the future, they might experience a data breach or something like that, and before you know it you are faced with continuous phishing attacks. You can create as many email addresses as you want, so it is recommended to have an different email addresses for different purposes.
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You can create as many email addresses as you want, so it is recommended to have an different email addresses for different purposes.
There is a possibility to use SMS services that give you temporary messages and you can activate the services with them or get a number anonymously, but I do not recommend that. Therefore, if you are forced to, you can use these services to enhance your privacy, especially if the service is not related to trading or exchanges.
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As a user of the altcoinstalks forum... do you use real data, such as the main email that you use for your main needs? or use another email that has never even been related to you at all?
Another related thing might be the cellphone number, is it wise to use the main cellphone number or is it better to use a alt cellphone number to interact in this virtual world?
**Maybe my question is not polite enough to be asked directly in this forum, so I apologize if this is a little disturbing to anyone who feels disturbed.
To protect ones way of privacy, I don't think this is needed to be discussed but for the benefits of everyone and other people to learn, I will add my own advice. If you are in a public internet where the world can access anywhere, it's better you protect your identity and privacy online and it's advisable you use a separate email address that is good enough for your to have access to your account and also help you recover your account when you forget your password.
The internet is full of different people, if your email is seen or hack from any website, scammers can send you bad links to click which can potentially makes you compromise your email and also put your email at risk.
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I don't think it is good to use your real phone number to register on any platform, the service might be reputable, but you don't know what can happen in the future, they might experience a data breach or something like that, and before you know it you are faced with continuous phishing attacks. You can create as many email addresses as you want, so it is recommended to have an different email addresses for different purposes.
Data breahes are worst and if our phone number will be out in the dark market then they can do spam calls, or try to get their hand son all the accounts made on that number and in order to get the one time passcodes they will try other spamming methods.
Therefore we must not use phone number attached to our ID on this forum it's not safe. Creating safe numbers is also possible, we can use them for not only this forum but for all the social media. In many countries they phone numbers can be bought many and some can get their hands on phone numbers that can be dumped easily.
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Data breahes are worst and if our phone number will be out in the dark market then they can do spam calls,
Yeah, so many people receive calls from scammers, and what this scammers do is to tell these people something that will get them scared and put them under pressure, i.e. they can tell them that someone logged into their account from a new ip, when the victims say it was not them, they ask for sensitive info, at this time the victim is under a lot of stress and isn't thinking straight, so they may fall for it.
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I have actually used several different email addresses and also different phone numbers.. but sometimes it also causes some problems for me in the future, such as I forget the email and password that I use to log in to the platform or forum, or even I forget some other important data... even the worst thing that happened to me was, my email was dead because I forgot to do account maintenance...
In the end, sometimes I still use my main email to register on forums that have nothing to do with my business.
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I have actually used several different email addresses and also different phone numbers.. but sometimes it also causes some problems for me in the future, such as I forget the email and password that I use to log in to the platform or forum, or even I forget some other important data... even the worst thing that happened to me was, my email was dead because I forgot to do account maintenance...
In the end, sometimes I still use my main email to register on forums that have nothing to do with my business.
Use Bitwarden or other password management software. This software also has a secure note/vault, so you don't have to memorize anything apart from your master password.
For phone numbers, phones nowadays have at least two SIM cards support so that you can use one for IRL things and the other one for crypto/online purposes.
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I don't think it is good to use your real phone number to register on any platform, the service might be reputable, but you don't know what can happen in the future, they might experience a data breach or something like that, and before you know it you are faced with continuous phishing attacks. You can create as many email addresses as you want, so it is recommended to have an different email addresses for different purposes.
I find it okay to use real phone number on reputed platforms. I mean it keeps things simple, if you use some service which provides anonymous phone numbers, you don't know if they will be around few years down the line while telecom companies do stick around for long.
In regards to phishing attacks, they are easy to identify, on emails it's not even a bother.
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For safety, it is not advisable to make use of personal email or phone number in some websites, though, most websites requires it. Most times, for confirmation that it is human who owns the account created, and not just a bot or random account creation. Another thing is when the site requires KYC, and any site that requires KYC is a site that needs identity of its users based on government intervention/agreement between them, probably for monitoring activities of money laundry/fraud.
On daily basis, our identities on the surface of the internet becomes more visible, cause as new technologies are coming into the market, tracking and tracing of people or identities are become more simple and easier. It is good as a crypto user, not having anything to do with fraud and money laundry, so as to avoid ill act coming against such person.
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On daily basis, our identities on the surface of the internet becomes more visible, cause as new technologies are coming into the market, tracking and tracing of people or identities are become more simple and easier. It is good as a crypto user, not having anything to do with fraud and money laundry, so as to avoid ill act coming against such person.
It's even now becoming scary how AI is collecting our data, we now have zero masking on the internet and you can't do anything without been know on the internet, it's like most of the ways people improve privacy on the internet are becoming exposed by this new things developed, and the worse is people don't even learn about privacy any longer, they just want to make money.
The way people don't take their privacy seriously is the same way they can step on landmine without knowing. Anyone can use your information on the internet to carry out any bad thing on the internet and if you are not careful, you will risk been investigated tomorrow by law enforcement. Privacy is everything.
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In regards to phishing attacks, they are easy to identify, on emails it's not even a bother.
Yeah they are easy to identify for the experienced user, however those who are inexperienced are in their numbers. I have read about how people fell for the most ridiculous of scam, so such people are vulnerable. The only problem with using your real phone number in a reputable platform is the danger of a date leak, which can happen to any service that holds customers data.
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The only problem with using your real phone number in a reputable platform is the danger of a date leak, which can happen to any service that holds customers data.
I think it's safe to assume that anything you send to a centralized service will be on the internet sooner or later. Especially if you live in a developing country where data protection is not a priority. I got spammed by loan sharks shortly after I bought a new number because I input that number into a marketplace app. It's wild how easily others can sell your numbers. Not to mention there's no compensation for that either. Even in countries like the US you can read many data breaches news every week. I hope there's a solution for this in the near future.
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Here in this forum, I am not using my main email address as I have so many to use for any reason. Yes, privacy does matter and it all depends on the individual how much information he/she wishes to divulge to the public. Some can be comfortable to let the whole world know of their data...but many may not like the idea. And it is because online we don't know the many actors that may use the information that may get against us. And it is not because we are hiding something from the authorities it is the fact that those in power can turn against us anytime they may see a compelling reason to do so...and we don't want to make their act a lot easier. Now, this can be a BIG CONCERN with centralized platforms when they require us to do KYC...not just submitting our identification information, IDs and even our faces to complete the deal.
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its never a good habit to use real identity or data online even in forums you usually stay like altcoinstalks. same with your phone number. it is however unavoidable when some platforms we go ask KYC.
i would like to think there are users who connected their facebook here in the forum. facebook users normally uses their realnames and phones though. but its their choice.
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This is the internet world, and we are almost every day exploring the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain... privacy is something that is an important aspect in our interactions, because we don't want many people to know more about our personalities and our sensitive data...
As a user of the altcoinstalks forum... do you use real data, such as the main email that you use for your main needs? or use another email that has never even been related to you at all?
Another related thing might be the cellphone number, is it wise to use the main cellphone number or is it better to use a alt cellphone number to interact in this virtual world?
**Maybe my question is not polite enough to be asked directly in this forum, so I apologize if this is a little disturbing to anyone who feels disturbed.
I will advise that u use your real identity although everything is risk in this life, but there are also opportunities out there, and we will miss them if we don't show ourselves
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I will advise that u use your real identity although everything is risk in this life, but there are also opportunities out there, and we will miss them if we don't show ourselves
To “show ourselves,” as you say, it is not necessary to tell the world who we are, nor to walk around the Internet with your ID stuck to your forehead. Each opportunity is different from the others and everything has a process. I don't understand how you can give advice like that taking into account that we never know who is on the other side of the screen...
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As a user of the altcoinstalks forum... do you use real data, such as the main email that you use for your main needs? or use another email that has never even been related to you at all?
Another related thing might be the cellphone number, is it wise to use the main cellphone number or is it better to use a alt cellphone number to interact in this virtual world?
honestly this does not have to apply only to forum specifically for crypto because in almost all websites or platforms i have to access i almost never give away my personal information i never use my real name nor give away my personal or work email i only give personal information in platforms that i have to use for my family or friends to contact me of course it would be an inconvenience for me to use alternative names in those platforms if it is just my family and friends to contact me but in forums like this anyone from all over the world can see my account so i would rather not use my real name and give away my personal data
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I will advise that u use your real identity although everything is risk in this life, but there are also opportunities out there, and we will miss them if we don't show ourselves
What do you mean by 'show ourselves', you can go ahead and doxx yourself all over the internet because you want to show yourself, that is a crazy thing to do. I know there are services, like cex, that you have to submit your personal info to, however, you should try as much as possible to limit the services you complete kyc in, that is why i recommend no-kyc services over kyc ones.
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To go by the way of the majority appearance on most of the social media, people appear in alt identity because they don't want to be identify by whom they were, except for few or some under a reputable organization or brand, which may not have to engage on this for any reason, but if we also as an individual think of loosing nothing about exposing our privacy, then we may try to use our full or real identity.
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As long as there is no need for main email and cellphone number, you are better to use your alt email and cellphone number. Privacy is always very important because it is related to your security. You can't cancel it once you've exposed it!
I will advise that u use your real identity although everything is risk in this life, but there are also opportunities out there, and we will miss them if we don't show ourselves
What opportunity do you refer to? ::)
Only use real identity for the safe matter. And you shouldn't use it if it is not a must. Be careful of your privacy, it's something priceless..
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Another related thing might be the cellphone number, is it wise to use the main cellphone number or is it better to use a alt cellphone number to interact in this virtual world?
I don't want to disclose this, because until I don't disclose that my email is main or not, no one know even admin might not know that, so it is not good for anyone to explicitly say that yeah my email is different or I use the same email everywhere.
We don't ask to attach mobile numbers here, so why bothering this question, we don't have to attach a number to the email too, which we can use here, we can create emails without numbers, and we can create anonymous emails, but don't know if we can use them to log in here.
The point is, we should keep our personal/private life away from a life where we want to be anonymous I mean, here, if we don't want to be anonymous, then it doesn't matter if we use the same email, number, or different.
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No, i use different email for online accounts, i have emails for crypto related, personal, business, and for spam lol like for subs. As much as possible i don't register my phone number to any site unless its required and it really needs it like for KYC on exchanges and it needed me to do KYC, but if not, i don't mind registering at all.
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I don't want to disclose this, because until I don't disclose that my email is main or not, no one know even admin might not know that, so it is not good for anyone to explicitly say that yeah my email is different or I use the same email everywhere.
We don't ask to attach mobile numbers here, so why bothering this question, we don't have to attach a number to the email too, which we can use here, we can create emails without numbers, and we can create anonymous emails, but don't know if we can use them to log in here.
The point is, we should keep our personal/private life away from a life where we want to be anonymous I mean, here, if we don't want to be anonymous, then it doesn't matter if we use the same email, number, or different.
Its okay... at least with this topic, some people seem to be starting to realize that their privacy is very important, so maybe until now the mistakes that exist can be tolerated, but in the future, maybe more people will start to be wise in using their social media, whether it's email or cellphone number or whatever, privacy is very important...
I think lying to protect our privacy is also important, or not responding at all to answers that provoke us to explain things related to privacy... lying here is not intended to attack or harm other parties, it is purely to protect our privacy,... or if it's too much, not answering is the last solution.
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No, i use different email for online accounts, i have emails for crypto related, personal, business, and for spam lol like for subs. As much as possible i don't register my phone number to any site unless its required and it really needs it like for KYC on exchanges and it needed me to do KYC, but if not, i don't mind registering at all.
I full agree with this, and this is what I do as well.
I do not reveal my identity when I am not forced too.
This is what privacy is: the ability to selectively reveal yourself. You dont need to reveal your personal data always, and you should be allowed not to reveal it when it is not necessary
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For an email account I use only for online working from joining airdrop, registering altcoinstalk and bitcointalk account until using for several exchange market account registering. I don't use my main email for online and only for my privacy or my needed at real identity, for my altcoinstalk name is not my real name and I just want take privacy all my real name for offline due how to make secure if any one know my self at offline.
I think better use anonymous name in online if you have earned much profit from trading or bounty campaign your data keep privacy if not use real identity.
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On daily basis, our identities on the surface of the internet becomes more visible, cause as new technologies are coming into the market, tracking and tracing of people or identities are become more simple and easier. It is good as a crypto user, not having anything to do with fraud and money laundry, so as to avoid ill act coming against such person.
It's even now becoming scary how AI is collecting our data, we now have zero masking on the internet and you can't do anything without been know on the internet, it's like most of the ways people improve privacy on the internet are becoming exposed by this new things developed, and the worse is people don't even learn about privacy any longer, they just want to make money.
The way people don't take their privacy seriously is the same way they can step on landmine without knowing. Anyone can use your information on the internet to carry out any bad thing on the internet and if you are not careful, you will risk been investigated tomorrow by law enforcement. Privacy is everything.
The taste and chase for money has made so many things let lose. The integration of AI to almost every thing online is becoming so uncontrollable. Every software on mobile devices and browsers of the internet are now being ran on AI.
As it stands now, the privacy of everyone on the internet has reduced, and if there be a negative turn on these AI inventions, the treat to human personal data becomes untamed.
I think it is time to reduce one's official data presence on the internet, though, to an extent it might already be too late for that.
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Its okay... at least with this topic, some people seem to be starting to realize that their privacy is very important, so maybe until now the mistakes that exist can be tolerated, but in the future, maybe more people will start to be wise in using their social media, whether it's email or cellphone number or whatever, privacy is very important...
I think lying to protect our privacy is also important, or not responding at all to answers that provoke us to explain things related to privacy... lying here is not intended to attack or harm other parties, it is purely to protect our privacy,... or if it's too much, not answering is the last solution.
I agree, with more discussions on privacy more and more people can know its importance and with time their would be more people concerned about their privacy but that's not the main reason we should be talking about it because from what I recall we can never be anoynmous because somewhere everyone make a mistake.
Overall, it's best to use different devices, different internet, different emails, burner numbers, etc., to be anonymous, and we must have a social life too that's what I observed from several movies and articles I have read till now.
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Well I am an open book. My philipma1957 is scattered around the internet for about 22 years on multiple websites.
I have not been harmed so far.
But I never got really rich.
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Overall, it's best to use different devices, different internet, different emails, burner numbers, etc., to be anonymous, and we must have a social life too that's what I observed from several movies and articles I have read till now.
How is social life related to being anonymous on the internet though? Are you suggesting that we should have a smokescreen activity so people won't suspect that we're lurking around online crypto communities? I think a healthy social life is more about our personal health instead of privacy issues. But I can see that being useful depending on where you live. Speaking about movies, I can't really take them seriously when it's about technology & privacy practices. I remember seeing a command prompt using print command to show a hacker trying to access a secure network.
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It depends on what you are doing online. If it's a forum like this, you can use different email and identity since nobody cares about your identity. However, if it's a centralized exchange or casino, you don't have any option than to give the your KYC requirements. Just be smart and don't believe strangers on internet.
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It will depend entirely on personal security, if you feel your security is not strong then you should not give out your real identity. Again, if you feel that you are completely secure and that your information will not be at risk in the future, then you can submit your real identity if you wish. However, I think it is better not to provide accurate information to users in countries where Bitcoin is not legal.
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I myself use my personal data for this altcoinstalks forum such as email addresses, Telegram and anything related to registration for an event. But I keep my personal data such as photos, home address, where I live, gender or anything related to my personal data confidential in this altcoinstalks forum.
For me, this is about my personal security because crypto and the digital world are very vulnerable to misuse of our personal data. Btw, I also keep my account secret from my family, neighbors and friends because I don't want my life to be disturbed in the altcoinstalks forum.
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Since privacy is a big issue in the cryptospace, I always try to keep my personal identity and the identity I use to explore cryptocurrencies separate.
I use my dedicated email and phone number in every place of crypto. I always try to keep my personal data separate. However, that is no longer possible when using a crypto exchanger. As well it also save me from the spam and the scammers
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But I keep my personal data such as photos, home address, where I live, gender or anything related to my personal data confidential in this altcoinstalks forum.
I don't recall seeing a crypto forum requiring those data to register. Pretty sure a forum will die quickly if stuff like that is required. If someone asks for your home address or photos for bounty registration, I'd rather ditch them and look for other projects. There's no reason to give your data for KYC when the purpose is unclear. Even exchanges accept your registration even if you don't want to continue their KYC process.
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But I keep my personal data such as photos, home address, where I live, gender or anything related to my personal data confidential in this altcoinstalks forum.
I don't recall seeing a crypto forum requiring those data to register. Pretty sure a forum will die quickly if stuff like that is required. If someone asks for your home address or photos for bounty registration, I'd rather ditch them and look for other projects. There's no reason to give your data for KYC when the purpose is unclear. Even exchanges accept your registration even if you don't want to continue their KYC process.
I mean, for this altcoinstalks forum, some of them keep my personal data confidential which I don't want to share here on the altcoinstalks forum.
For centralized exchanges (CEX) such as local markets that accept payments for Fiat Withdrawals, maybe I will use KYC because if I don't have KYC, my withdrawal cannot be processed.