Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime!
www.patrick-breyer.deOn Tuesday a Dutch court sentenced the programmer Alexey Pertsev to five years in prison. The court found him guilty of money laundering because the "Tornado Cash" software he developed enables criminals to carry out completely anonymous and untraceable crypto transactions (so-called "crypto mixer")
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That logic they’re using should be burned with fire.
With that logic, cars being highjacked for a crime should make the company liable for the crime (Revolutionary actions would also count as crimes). That gives car manufacturers alot more legal reason for adding kill switches to their vehicles’ engines, which would most likely be used by cops for whatever the fuck they want.
How about DJI’s drones being used to kill individuals in Ukraine? Steam decks are currently also being used by Ukraine to control machine gun turrets remotely, and they’re able to be used that way explicitly because they use regular OS’s (a major boon to its users.)
This type of regulation would only further lead to anti-consumer products, and a stronger police state.