L0laL33tz
L0la L33tz

Independent Journalist. Bylines in too many places. "Anonymous Internet Commentator" –US Department of Justice. Writes therage.co

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2024-10-21 17:06:34

Just when you thought US courts couldn't be any more retarded, a New York Judge just dismissed the defamation suit against Chainalysis because he says the software enjoys free speech protections.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/chainalysis-defamation-dismissed/

2024-10-17 20:44:45

The Rage needs a social media person. Has to strike the right balance between writing nasty punchlines and not getting sued. DM me on Matrix.

2024-10-16 15:49:29

So the @npub18mm…wg7n has managed to sign up to fucking NOSTR but still can't manage to build a fucking website that works. What a time to be alive
#note1tjl…r9c2

2024-10-14 21:26:56

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You mean facing decades in prison vs paying a fine? Idk seems hard to tell. But the fine is def „historic“. Publishing a write up tomorrow.

2024-10-09 18:40:49

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Mh no should be fine on my end

2024-10-09 18:24:11

"Of all of the types of speech to consider [...], Storm’s Tornado Cash software actually seems the most likely to advance the values served by the First Amendment."
Updated article to include CoinCenter's analysis of Judge Failla's opinion to deny the dismissal of the Tornado Cash case:
https://www.therage.co/tornado-cash-code-not-speech-non-custodial-msbs-knowledge-not-required/

2024-10-07 17:28:36

Are you losing your mind and business to the US’ regulation by enforcement approach?
The WEF is here to tell you not to worry. In its new report on digital asset regulation, it has found that industry players see the US’ “tough approach” a “positive for the industry”.
It also finds that the EU’s reserve requirements for stablecoins are too strict, and that we should all be using digital identities and the blockchain for AML/KYC.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/wef-crypto-regulation-report/

2024-10-06 14:33:03

Now Hitlary Clingon wants to get rid of Section 230. Trump tried to get rid of Section 230 for much of his last presidency.
“We should be in my view, repealing something called Section 230, which gave platforms on the internet immunity … Whether it‘s Facebook or Twitter or X or Instagram, or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don‘t moderate & monitor the content we lose total control,” says Clinton.
Section 230 of the1996 Communications Decency Act is "a serious threat to our National Security & Election Integrity," says Trump.
They're the same picture.
https://m.primal.net/LMyT.mp4
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2024-10-04 22:15:56

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I like your thinking. Very good question.

2024-10-04 21:37:04

I read the just introduced Saving Privacy Act so you don't have to, and it's pretty fucking badass. If passed, it would completely reform financial privacy in the US.
The Bill removes SARs and CTRs filing requirements, makes financial information only accessible via a search warrant, specifically introduces fourth amendment protections, bans the creation of central databases holding personally identifiable information without the establishment of a dedicated law granting a US agency such right, bans the US Government from creating CBDCs, and introduces criminal penalties for any US official violating your financial privacy rights.
Yes, please.
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https://www.therage.co/untitled/

2024-10-02 20:17:07

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i don't know how the data sharing takes place technically, but afaik there are only a few exceptions on which FIUs may refuse an information request. For the Israeli FIU that may be related to Israel's "investigation" of NSO.
The big question will be if Colombia's FIU was notified and who else knew since allegations that Pegasus was being used to spy on the opposition had been floating around since 2021 – if they knew and didn't flag it with the authorities that would be a pretty big deal. https://egmontgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Egmont-Group-of-Financial-Intelligence-Units-Principles-for-Information-Exchange-Between-Financial-Intelligence-Units.pdf

2024-10-02 17:12:38

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They may have sent requests to several FIUs, maybe Switzerland was the first (or only one) to respond. Whatever the connection is, hopefully more of Egmont's dirty laundry will get aired in the course of the investigation

2024-10-01 23:49:10

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I think my favorite part of this story ishttps://m.primal.net/LHut.png

2024-10-01 23:18:46

When $5.5 Million in cash are flown into Israel on a private jet, declared at customs, and shortly after placed in an NSO Group bank account, Financial Intelligence Units may just forget to launch an investigation, or so the story goes.
Colombia has publicized a suspicious activity report obtained via the Financial Intelligence Unit of Switzerland, and is now investigating how much FIUs knew about the alleged sale of Pegasus Spyware to the Colombian Police under its former government.
Don't you try to go and spend your cash though. There's rules for us, and rules for them.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/colombia-investigates-financial-intelligence-unit-in-pegasus-scandal/

2024-10-01 09:09:11

Speaking to the Council of Europe, Julian Assange today highlighted the risk of European Arrest Warrants – a mechanism meant to target terrorism first used by Sweden to pursue a person for a traffic violation. A law that is targeted at minorities will soon be used against all.
The UN Cybercrime Convention is one of those laws that pose an immense danger to civil society, allowing any UN member state to obtain information on individuals from other UN member states under the guise of fighting cybercrime.
For your financial information, this means that any UN member country may request information on you overruling bank secrecy protections, so long the crime you are accused of is a also deemed a crime in the country requested to hand over your financial data.
Today, the convention is meant to be used to prosecute cybercriminals. Tomorrow, Israel may request the bank records of European citizens speaking out against its genocide.
The UN Cybercrime Convention is a threat to democracy and the supposed rule of law.
https://www.therage.co/un-cybercrime-convention-bank-secrecy/

2024-10-01 06:41:25

Julian Assange addresses the Council of Europe
https://www.youtube.com/live/Mq85IZMeigc

2024-09-30 19:53:49

Last year, 58 Congressmen sent a letter to Secretary Yellen asking for clarity on the scope of Hamas' cryptocurrency financing. But Secretary Yellen's response was never published.
Today, I filed a FOIA Request with the Department of Treasury for Yellen's response.
We already know that the dollar amounts published in the media were inaccurate and that cryptocurrencies are not a popular tool used by Hamas and the PIJ in their terror financing efforts.
Yellen's official response could still be instrumental in combating the current alarmist narrative that cryptocurrencies pose a threat to US national security to demand tighter regulation and increasingly unproportionate AML/CFT measures for the entire industry.
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Questions asked and link to the full letter:
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https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/3/d/3d43d8c0-a0a8-40ed-864d-059ba2b5a681/CBF7D1BC15D13A231C7270CDD161308D.te.pmc.fh.rt.letter.11.15.23.pdf

2024-09-30 10:40:55

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How ironic that the entirety of privacy tech is on the line and all you can think about is complaining that no one uses your dumb fucking shitcoin

2024-09-30 08:55:46

You can donate #bitcoin to Roman Storm's defense.
The Tornado Cash trial will set dangerous precedents for the entire industry and greatly affect arguments made in the Samourai Wallet trial. Defending Roman means defending us all.
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https://wewantjusticedao.org/donate

2024-09-27 22:10:33

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That's a really smart comment because they totally chose to be charged by the DOJ

2024-09-27 21:53:48

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It's the weakest argument the judge made, and probably the last one you should be worried about.

2024-09-27 21:46:13

Yesterday, Tornado Cash judge stated code is not speech, non-custodial software providers can be money transmitters, and specific knowledge of criminal activity is not required to be charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
A breakdown of all the arguments:
https://www.therage.co/tornado-cash-code-not-speech-non-custodial-msbs-knowledge-not-required/

2024-09-27 08:58:12

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2024-09-27 00:51:58

Tornado Cash judge says code isn't speech and control isn't needed to qualify as MSB. Article coming tomorrow. GN 🫂
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2024-09-27 00:28:32

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Computer says no
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2024-09-26 23:36:19

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Im pretty sure the SEC could call your mom a security if it wanted to, though there may be precedent with dropping the ETH investigation
https://consensys.io/blog/sec-closes-ethereum-2-0-investigation-will-not-pursue-ethereum-enforcement

2024-09-26 23:08:06

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Pretty sure the SEC is not going to care that the CFTC doesn't classify Bitcoin as a security when people start selling NFTs on Nostr
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/28/opensea-gets-wells-notice-from-sec-calling-nfts-sold-on-platform-securities/

2024-09-26 23:01:18

Swan employees allegedly coordinating an epic takedown of Swan's mining operations coordinated via *checks notes* their Swan email accounts somehow has me skeptical of the criminal mastermind allegations
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2024-09-26 22:41:42

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lol. true

2024-09-26 22:37:23

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Why do I get the feeling that you wont be telling the DOJ „nostr dgaf“ when they knock on your door

2024-09-26 22:30:04

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Gensler says he does not classify Bitcoin as a security (he apparently reiterated this today), but that doesn't mean that the next administration won't. It also doesn't keep devs working on comms protocols safe that people may use to negotiate trades. You know, like the one we're chatting on now.

2024-09-26 22:14:31

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I'll look forward to you telling that to the guys with guns coming to your house to pick you up, lmk how it goes

2024-09-26 22:14:01

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Faster than me 🫡

2024-09-26 22:13:46

Tornado Cash? Needed a banking license. Samourai Wallet? Needed a banking license. WhatsApp, Apple, X, probably all need licenses too.
Sounds retarded? Correct. That's why the SEC has proposed a rule to formalize licensing requirements for communication protocols.
In a speech at the annual U.S. Treasury Market Conference, Gensler announced to rule on proposed amendments to the Exchange Act by November, which expand the definition of the term "exchange" to mean "systems that bring together buyers and sellers of securities [...] (i.e. "communication protocols")."
Critics argue the rule may be weaponized to criminally indict software developers given the already hostile environment for crypto- and privacy devs.
If this rule passes, we are fucked beyond comprehension.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/gensler-to-rule-on-licensing-requirements-for-communication-protocols-2/

2024-09-25 12:43:30

Good morning, Keir Starmer wants to spy on your bank accounts
A bill proposed yesterday would enable the mass surveillance of financial transactions beyond AML/CTF regulations to "stop benefit fraud"
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/keir-starmer-wants-to-spy-on-your-bank-account/

2024-09-25 10:13:38

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Oh yeah def!

2024-09-25 09:02:27

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This looks super cool, thank you!

2024-09-25 06:56:25

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Can def be better, feel free to contribute https://github.com/L0laL33tz/PrivacyIndex

2024-09-24 22:25:15

💚Say hello to Privacy Index: a guide of guides for all things digital privacy.💚
I started working on Privacy Index in the beginning of the year because I was frustrated by the one-fits-all solutions I was being sold by other privacy projects.
Privacy Index is the opposite: it's a resource for resources, so you can choose what tips, tools and tricks best fit your needs.
I would love for this project to grow and encompass all content others have found helpful on their own privacy journey – be it stories that inspired you, books that you read, tools that you use, or guides you found helpful – some of my favorite additions are highlighted below.
Privacy Index is by no means complete. But it's free and open source, so anyone can contribute on github. And the more people contribute, the better it will get 💚
s/o to @HRF
for funding this work 🤝
http://privacyindex.net
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2024-09-24 21:45:21

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I watched this live and almost died

2024-09-24 18:28:35

Big shout out to the person who donated 1.7M sats to The Rage – donations like these are what make this work possible 🩷
Support independent journalism via our Geyser Fund so we can keep reporting on financial surveillance for you:
https://geyser.fund/project/therage

2024-09-24 12:09:48

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🫡

2024-09-24 10:11:20

Good morning! Lots of talk yesterday about the German government's new security package enabling mass biometric surveillance & suspicionless searches.
But the proposed law also drastically expands the surveillance of bank accounts.
According to the proposed law, banks are to be alleviated of the suspension of accounts under investigation for AML/CTF violations, enabling the prolonged and undetected surveillance of bank accounts via the German federal police.
In 2023, the German FIU received 337,000 suspicious transaction reports, of which roughly 63,000 had little or nothing to do with AML/CTF violations.
Under the proposed law, close to 20% of accounts under investigation for AML/CTF violations would be subject to increased and unjust spying on their financial activities through police.
Full Story:
https://www.therage.co/german-government-plans-expansion-of-bank-account-surveillance/

2024-09-22 20:10:46

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Interesting.. thank you

2024-09-20 15:30:01

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2024-09-20 14:43:22

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☕ 🫂

2024-09-20 14:34:59

GM, the German Government just flat out lied denying the use of chain analysis software.
In an answer to a inquiry made by MPs, the German Government denied the use of chain analysis software for asset seizures – but procurement records show contracts with Chainalysis for German federal agencies, which directly advertises its software for the use of asset seizures.
Questions on the use of mixers to conceal criminal activity were classified as secret citing risks to national security, while the Government responded that the German FIU and customs had received merely 27,000 reports regarding crytocurrency transactions on suspicion of money laundering between 2020-2024, compared to over 280,000 suspicious transaction reports overall in the year 2020 alone.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/german-interior-ministry-dodges-questions-on-chain-analysis-software-mixer-risks/

2024-09-20 13:28:52

Four weeks ago, I sent the UK National Crime Agency a Freedom of Information Request to disclose the data used to deem crypto & E2EE a risk to national security. The request remains unanswered to this day.
Today I'm teaming up with Freddie New and Bitcoin Policy UK
to remind the NCA of the law. Governments must be held accountable for their actions.
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#note1xac…asnq

2024-09-19 12:15:51

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To be honest, maybe you should do some due diligence before running your mouth on social media.

2024-09-19 11:34:25

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Geyser is fully self-custodial. With governments going as far as attempting to criminalize the building of UIs (see Tornado Cash), this is not a question of self custody. Any project building software to interface with the Bitcoin network utilized to send money where governments don't want to see it is at risk.

2024-09-19 11:22:12

First they came for Bitcoin projects funding aid in Palestine, and I did not speak out, because I was not Palestinian.

2024-09-19 11:20:24

Geyser Fund has shut down the crowdfunding project Bitcoin for Palestine, citing regulatory uncertainty.
Let this be your reminder that you cannot code faster than the state can invoke arbitrary penalties. Permissionless money is under massive threat by the global AML regime. It's time to wake up.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/geyser-bitcoin-for-palestine/

2024-09-18 06:49:20

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2024-09-17 19:06:19

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BREAKING: Judge Richard M. Berman has denied a motion by Keonne Rodriguez to remove home detention as a condition of his bail ahead of his trial.
Government prosecutors presented the court with documents retrieved from Rodriguez' home detailing plans to flee the U.S. - though defense counsel pointed out that the document did not specify that the plans were meant to be enacted in response to law enforcement.

2024-09-17 18:01:12

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Updates from the Samourai Wallet hearing:
December 17th has been set for the hearing of pretrial motions.
Motions will include a defense motion to dismiss on the basis of what Hill's lawyer described as "extraordinarily unusual" facts of the case.
The defense plans to argue that even if all claims made in the initial indictment were true, they would not "meet the bar for the charge," and that "this is not how Congress intended the [money laundering] statutes to be used."
Prosecutors said they had seized 44 electronic devices from Rodriguez, but had only been able to access access and extract the contents of 15 of those devices. Of 27 devices seized from Hill, 25 have been accessed and extracted.
According to the Defense, the full contents of discovery, including business records and social media archives, amounted to as much data as 75% of the entire Library of Congress. If printed out and stacked, the documents would extend from Earth to the Moon and back, 22 times.
The court will resume shortly and hear arguments about the conditions of Rodriguez' bail.

2024-09-17 16:30:13

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Theres no stream for the hearing but well try to update here asap

2024-09-17 14:57:21

On the way to court to cover the Samourai Wallet hearing starting at 1pm EST with David Z Morris. Watch this space for possible updates and a full report 👇

2024-09-14 17:13:04

According to the US Government, all three of these services have violated sanctions law. One was just kindly asked to revise its AML program. The founders of the other are facing tens of years in prison. Spot the difference.
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2024-09-14 16:39:55

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🔥

2024-09-14 16:30:03

GM, the OCC has issued an enforcement action against Wells Fargo Bank for AML violations – no fines imposed.
When banks fail to implement efficient AML programs, they get a slap on the wrist – but when developers fail to implement efficient AML programs, they get charged as criminals. Let this be your reminder that there's one set of rules for them, and another set of rules for us.
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2024-09-14 15:41:59

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Oh nice, thank you!

2024-09-13 21:24:28

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2024-09-13 21:19:42

A Kraken spokesperson has issued a correction of statements made by Kraken Support attributing the halting of Lightning Network support for German clients to regulatory changes. Updated story 👇
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https://www.therage.co/kraken-germany-lightning-support/

2024-09-13 10:33:00

Kraken Germany removed support for the Lightning Network due to "new regulations that came into effect on September 10th".
The only problem: German banking authority BaFin says it doesn't know anything about new regulations taking effect on that day.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/kraken-germany-lightning-support/

2024-09-11 16:30:48

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Land of the free!

2024-09-11 16:30:11

On Sept 11th 1973, the democratically elected president of Chile Salvador Allende was overthrown in a CIA back coup to install Augusto Pinochet's military regime that would go on to kill, torture, and imprison tens of thousands of opposition members – including the musician Victor Jara, who was rounded up in a soccer stadium and killed by 44 bullets in one of many of Pinochet's extrajudicial executions.
If the world was a just place, the US would be on every terrorist list that exists on earth. RIP Victor Jara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvGthike3-o

2024-09-11 15:50:31

The Dutch foundation HRIF is suing the Dutch Central Bank for failure to enforce human rights protections in "criminal" AML program ran by the Netherlands' five largest banks.
According to HRIF Chairman Simon Lelieveldt, the Dutch Central Bank sees no need for enforcement against a transaction monitoring outsourcing program which ceased operations in July, but amassed over 10 Billion data subjects – violating Dutch law according to a commissioned legal opinion.
"It's the same as after speeding with 200km/h I tell the police officer, well, I've stopped the car, I am no longer transgressing the law so you no longer have to enforce with any ticket or fine."
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/hrif-dutch-central-bank-lawsuit/

2024-09-11 14:53:49

Curious that just when Monero announces a PR for FCMP++ Chainalysis leaks a video claiming to be able to trace XMR. Coincidence? I think not

2024-09-09 21:51:53

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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628009/gov.uscourts.nysd.628009.1.0.pdf

2024-09-09 21:51:22

Short break from research camp bc the White Stripes are suing Donald Trump 🤘
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2024-09-02 21:04:38

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Interesting, this is exactly how I feel about audio info – might as well be speaking Chinese to me. I hear the words but they don't compute.
The other day I asked someone for the results of the Eurocup games, and they read the stats off their phone to me. Had to ask them to repeat it four times. They thought I was retarded.

2024-09-02 20:10:46

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This is interesting bc I find music theory to actually be very logical (at least for guitar). Everything you do happens in scales, and what happens within a scale usually sounds good together. Hendrix mostly played pentatonic scales, so did John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They're essentially playing the same thing, just approached differently. Which goes to say that once you see the fret board in terms of scales – not disconnected notes – you'll know what comes next!
Anyway I cant process auditory information so people who enjoy podcasts are an absolute mystery to me

2024-09-02 20:09:11

The amount of bankers pissed with AML that are afraid to speak out against it publicly are a good indication of where we’re at with our ‘democracy’.

2024-09-01 21:52:26

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I know I saw! and it's re-introduced based on a non-public document. gotta love yourself some EU democracy.

2024-08-30 10:57:07

The Dutch Foundation Human Rights in Finance has formally requested a human rights evaluation from the European Commission on the EU's 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, citing privacy infringements and procedural abuse.
"The right to privacy, the right to a fair trial, the innocence presumption, the right to property, the right to not be discriminated/profiled and the right to access to health care, universal services (via a the right to a bank account) are violated due to the excessive regulations and policy initiatives initiated and driven by the European Commission".
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/hrif-human-rights-evaluation-amld5-european-commission/

2024-08-28 15:08:46

I have been chasing this story since October 2023.
I spoke to sources in Gaza whose Binance accounts had been frozen – The addresses they provided were not listed in Israel's official seizure orders.
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I was then put in touch with Turkish and Saudi Arabian nationals whose Binance accounts were frozen, who were allegedly told to contact Israeli police.
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The claim that Binance is freezing all Palestinian accounts, to my knowledge, is not correct. And this is what kept the story from being published.
Palestinians in the Westbank appear to be unaffected, while Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were only affected so long they had a certain balance in their account. But we couldn't figure out what that threshold was, as communication into Gaza was effectively cut off.
So I reached out to other news outlets hoping that I'd get help investigating the story. I reached out to CoinDesk editor in chief Kevin Reynolds, both via email and on the personal phone number he gave me – and got ghosted.
I reached out to Forbes, who were initially interested in the story, but Forbes refused to let me publish under my pseudonym.
Just recently I reached out to Bennet Tomlin
and Cas Piancey of Protos and got ghosted there too.
In November 2023, a journalist from Reuters contacted my source to write about the account seizures, but dropped the story as well.
Binance owes us an explanation under what legal framework it seizes the accounts of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip not listed in official seizure orders, and under what legal framework it seizes the accounts of foreign nationals on behalf of the Israeli government.
#note17en…8f89

2024-08-28 12:25:31

German party Die Linke just filed a formal inquiry into the use of blockchain surveillance software with the German government.
It wants to know the government's minimum requirements for error rates and verifiability of the software used. It directly references the use of Chainalysis Reactor, the accuracy of which was recently questioned in the trial of alleged Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov. Die Linke states that:
"In the view of the questioners, there currently seems to be no apparent evidence that the methods used for the forensic analysis of virtual payment flows meet scientific standards".
But that's not all. Die Linke wants to know how many cases have been filed with Financial Intelligence Units on suspicion of money laundering, and how many cases actually resulted in criminal prosecutions – noting that, in light of a total estimated volume of more than €100 Billion laundered in Germany each year, the portion of cryptocurrency value contributing to overall money laundering volume is expected to be "negligibly small".
And here's the best part: Die Linke also wants to know how the government distinguishes between legitimate use of mixers and criminal use of mixers, and whether the government is planning a potential mixer ban or other forms of regulations.
Die Linke states that "coinmixing" and other anonymization software "corresponds to a widely held need to protect one's privacy in times of ubiquitous technological surveillance by digital corporations and government authorities".
Bullish af on financial privacy today.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/german-parliament-faces-questions-on-blockchain-surveillance/

2024-08-28 09:46:58

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2024-08-27 11:43:58

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❤️‍✊ 🏴

2024-08-26 20:27:16

The French government's press release on Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is completely unhinged. It not only references complicity in CSAM, money laundering, organized crime and drug trafficking, but also seems to state that Telegram did not acquire a license to provide "cryptology services".
This is interesting because France apparently *does* have regulations which require licenses for the distribution of cryptology unless used for authentication purposes, as governed by the Code de la Defense.
[Not a lawyer, just researching my way through this hot mess.]
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Full press release:
https://www.tribunal-de-paris.justice.fr/sites/default/files/2024-08/2024-08-26%20-%20CP%20TELEGRAM%20.pdf
Full regulation on cryptology:
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000000801164

2024-08-26 12:50:05

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Nooooo you cannot undermine my completely made up political philosophy with coherent arguments ***shrieks in Hoppe***

2024-08-25 22:08:37

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🔥

2024-08-25 22:00:07

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Already done! Gogol's Dead Souls is one of my faves. The Brothers Karamazov I could never get through somehow.

2024-08-25 21:49:09

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nice!!

2024-08-25 21:08:40

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Oh no, it sounds like everything by Kathy Acker will now have to go on my reading list 📚 Thank you!

2024-08-25 20:57:54

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'Readers also enjoyed: Mark Fisher, Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari' – vibe check complete 🤝

2024-08-25 20:42:33

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nice this sounds like a vibe

2024-08-25 20:40:19

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Interesting, do you know how this compares to Foucault? Will check this out!

2024-08-25 20:38:53

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Cynics are def an interesting exception

2024-08-25 20:35:35

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Greeks and Romans were statist cocksuckers, sorry not sorry

2024-08-25 20:25:30

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fuck yeah
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2024-08-25 20:13:21

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nice!

2024-08-25 20:09:07

Supremely bored by bitcoin Twitter's book recommendations. It's always the same thing – Hayek, Mises, Rothbard, Ayn Rand, that sovereign individual, yawn, yawn, yawn.
I want books that make me think, not books that reinforce what I already know. Give me niche post-structuralists, anarchists and revolutionaries. Give me poets and weirdos and outcasts, not CIA funded neocon thinkbois. Escape the echo chamber, anon.

2024-08-25 13:02:05

Mental illness https://image.nostr.build/84e35a2932079cc35d3bb99a5ec4e304d8ffd8c1dc379c9a9bdf25970007d5f7.jpg

2024-08-23 09:55:02

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This is awesome, thank you for sharing!

2024-08-23 09:01:09

Deutsche Bank has terminated the account of a UN accredited human rights activist.
AML/CFT laws are routinely weaponized to silence dissent without any recourse or due process. It's the outsourcing of policing powers to private institutions without democratic oversight, where the presumption of innocence and right to fair trial do not exist.
AML/CFT needs to be abolished today.
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2024-08-20 08:18:15

The National Crime Agency is making some pretty bold claims on cryptocurrency and end-to-end encryption, but provides no data to back up its claims. I filed a freedom of information request to find out how it came up with its conclusions.
Make FOIA your self care routine 🤝 https://image.nostr.build/ca035847523e43058be6f98059ca968ac77fc24efa0af6541497c7f0811e0247.jpg

2024-08-19 13:44:19

Oh boy. The UK National Crime Agency's latest Risk Assessment finds "cryptoassets are increasingly used to launder non-digital proceeds of crime" and names increased risks to children through end-to-end encryption.
The only problem: the assessment provides no concrete data to backup its claims and stands in direct contrast to industry findings.
You will be surveilled and you will be happy, even though we are terminally incapable of publicly demonstrating a need for increased surveillance at all.
Source: trust us bro.
https://www.therage.co/uk-nca-national-risk-assessment-2024/

2024-08-18 14:39:54

"So how's it going with your Bitcoin thing"
https://m.primal.net/KDPD.mp4

2024-08-15 18:20:13

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It's where the boomers battle over who has the most retarded lingo
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