the court accused him of an “ideology of maximum privacy.”
In what twisted fucked up crazy world is that a bad thing?
I hate this timeline…
If you guys do want to get into crypto to buy certain…things, though if ill advise it, I’d recommend Monero not stuff like Bitcoin.
The same logic should apply to manufacturers whose products are used in committing a crime…
Uhh really hope that’s sarcasm…
I dunno. If you manufacture tools designed specifically for killing, for example, you’ve definitely played a part in somebody’s use of your tools for killing.
You hoped right.
Well apparently the rest of the people here didn’t get the memo
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.
By this logic DARPA should be put on trial for creating TOR
By this logic every locksmith should be put on trial for making locks, every manufacturer of vaults and safes, every lumber company for making wood used in fences, every costume designer for making halloween masks, every post office for renting PO boxes… etc.
Evil privacy maximalists !
please don’t jinx it :(
Oh… We are in THAT timeline.
Absolutely disgusting. Privacy is a right!
So they throw vendors of knives in jail too?
No, but they throw vendors of screwdrivers in jail too.
Hopefully, not all is lost. He has appealed and hopefully a greater authority will overturn this ruling.
That is absolutely crazy. I wish the strength to go through that for Alexey Pertsev!
- Dutch court convicts engieneer, not Dutch engieneer gets convicted.
- I wouldn’t be surprised if Dutch court wants to say that he should have stayed in Russia and supported Putin’s war.
Updated, my bad.
This happens with cash too. If you take in a bunch of cash, you have a duty to know what it’s from so that you’re not facilitating terrorism or crime or subverting sanctions. In fact, of you handle cash or finance, you generally have to take training on these laws every year.
This thing is the definition of money laundering and was known for exactly those problems.
There are reasons to use this service that are completely legal. They should sentence the people laundering money, not the people providing privacy tools that happen to be misused.
Official link to ruling (in Dutch): https://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:RBOBR:2024:2069
Snapshot of translation: https://archive.ph/JKdbV
money laundering is a big bad no-no word that THEY have stigmatized (conditional brainwashing) in order to get every day people to SUPPORT their regime of THEFT and CONTROL.
“You are trying to keep your money to yourself and stop us from seeing it so that we can’t steal some of it and punish you for using it how you like??? You’re a MONEY LAUNDERER. Money laundering Money laundering Money laundering”
When you control money, you control minds, livelihoods, and monopolize fear itself.
its not the actual money laundering they object to.
it’s that they didn’t get a cut.
Same as CP used against encryption.
