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I don't often advertise services, but if you're pissed about Governments KYCing the Internet consider signing up to Snowstorm Beta ❄️ Snowstorm is the next iteration of Tor's Snowflake, that helps people around the world access the uncensored Internet. Snowstorm is an application that runs on your machine that has two modes: one that anonymizes your own traffic, and one that lets you contribute as an exit point to help others bypass censorship. Snowstorm's gotten major upgrades compared to Snowflake that now even makes it fast enough for streaming. The Snowstorm guys are still looking for more beta testers and I'm sure they'd appreciate more people signing up 👇 https://snowstorm.net/

Updated my Xitter name and lost blue-check privileges until the overlords verify that my name really is "L0la L33tz is more fun on Nostr" This is a great feature for people who rely on X visibility for income pls zap so I don't starve to death

I have lost count of all the people who have told me to do podcasts over the years. Now I have made a podcast. So watch the fucking podcast. Thank you for your attention to this matter. https://youtu.be/DkX_v1X3SVM

20 years ago, the US Government tried to make the contents of this book illegal. Today, it inspired the development of almost every encrypted app we use, from Signal to email and VPNs. They lost then, and they will lose again now.

My replies all day

who is buying all the bitcoin when nobody's moving any bitcoin, anon

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If you still have an X account, come join us on spaces in 5 minutes to discuss what's happening in Tornado Cash. If you can't, here’s everything you need to know. Storm is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to violate sanctions, as well as operating an unlicensed money transmitting business (MTB), facing more than 40 years in prison for developing software. Early discussions focused on whether a non-custodial software tool like Tornado Cash can qualify as an MTB, as it never held control of funds; a prerequisite for qualifying as an MTB. But Storm will not be allowed to use these interpretations of MTB law in his defense. "I really don't want to hear control issues, or there must be fees and 'for profit'," the judge told the defense last week. These issues "are not going to show up in this trial, because they are not." Since the indictment, the Government has announced that it is no longer pursuing that Tornado Cash violated federal registration violations as an alleged MTB – meaning that it is no longer pursuing the theory that Tornado Cash is a financial institution. Neither Storm, nor the defense, will be allowed to mention KYC or AML. And what about the First Amendment? Isn’t writing code protected speech? The judge doesn’t seem to think so. Free speech and privacy rights aren’t going to be discussed. Additionally, all witnesses are banned from using the words legal, illegal, legitimate, and illegitimate. That includes any testimony to the general legality of uses for Tornado Cash, unless they are brought up to refute the prosecution’s evidence. The Government is closing in on the future of privacy, and defending it will be a walk on a tightrope. Link to join 👇 Space will be recorded and streamed on your fav channel if everything works out ✌️ https://x.com/i/spaces/1djGXVPbkVVxZ

I am very, very rarely impressed by what Gov officials have to say. Hester Pierce’s remarks on financial privacy are one of few refreshing exceptions (and probably the first time Ive seen someone working in Government coherently quote the cypherpunks without sounding like a boomer astroturf)

The new Samourai Wallet indictment truly is a phenomenally disingenuous piece of garbage 👇 https://www.therage.co/samourai-wallet-new-indictment/ Likely filed to reflect that the Government is no longer pursuing federal licensing violations – the new indictment removes all references to “unlicensed,” except one – SDNY seems to have taken the opportunity to make their indictment even more confusing to the judge. Entire paragraphs are moved around, language is changed, and most importantly, the new indictment seems to make zero distinction between Samourai Wallet the entity and Samourai Wallet the software. Take these two paragraphs for example, the first from the original indictment, and the second from the new one: "The cryptocurrency is 'cut down'", and leftover funds "are placed in a separate address and provided back to the Samourai user." "Samourai 'cut down' the cryptocurrency into correct sizes for a chosen pool," and "Samourai returned back to the user any leftover funds from this transaction that were too small to enter the Whirlpool by replacing them in a separate address.” So instead of correcting their technical inaccuracies, SDNY chose to double down on them. Imo, this means that prosecutors either somehow managed to get even more stupid over the past 1.5 years, or that SDNY is intentionally attempting to mislead the judge on how the Samourai Wallet software worked, making it look like the developers had more control over funds than they did in reality. They call this “justice,” my guys.

oh no lol

If you have friends or family who believe that online age-verification, digital IDs and encryption backdoors are necessary to protect a free society, show them this article detailing how terrorism, CSAM, drug trafficking and money laundering have always been a pretense for limitless Government surveillance 👇 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse

"So you're telling me that *everyone* should have financial privacy" "Yes" "What about the terrorists"

Anybody want to ask Sen Lummis what stage of ‘Bitcoin will end wars’ this is

Okay so this is not correct. The EU has not “ordered” chat control to take effect in oct. denmark made a new proposal (which isnt surprising). Theres no agreement on the proposal. https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-know

omg same lol adding to the list of intrusive thoughts to land you straight in El Salvador lmao

I cant find any news on this, do you have a ljnk thats not in french?