A Dutch court sentenced the owner of a crypto mixer to prison and called his argumentation “ideologie van maximale privacy” – an ideology of maximum privacy
Privacy and anonymity are under constant pressure. The court verdict of a Dutch court against Alexey Pertsev of Tornado Cash is the latest alarm bell.
His argumentation was called an ideology of maximum privacy and it was stated that his team did not consider other interests is simply absurd.
Calling privacy an ideology is usually used by authoritarian governments.
And only because criminals could use your infrastructure does not mean it should not exist.
[Copy of the Fediverse texts in lack of time]
#Dutch #court found #AlexeyPertsev of #TornadoCash #guilty
This verdict is a #scandal because it targets #anonymity and #infrastructure that provides it
And it is yet another example for
a.) people not understanding tech
b.) a #culturalchange in seeing #anonymity and not #surveillance as a threat to #society and #freedom
If you #criminalize everything that can be used by criminals, you have to criminalize #drinkingwater because there is scientific proof criminals drink it, too
Or water companies as they are providing the infrastructure for the drinking water
And you most definitely have to criminalise weapon industries because shocking news: #criminals do use #weapons
#Anonymity is a fundament of a #free #society not its enemy
Anonymity is one foundation of #freedomofspeech
#Cash is not traceable and that is how it is protecting anonymity from #surveillance by governments and companies alike
Rights like freedom of speech were not given to us as presents – they were fought for
If we do not defend them – they will be taken from us
Like it was done in other countries
#freedomofexpression is to valuable to loose
#Defend #encryption , defend #anonymity , and defend the idea of a free society from people who will rather strangle it with #surveillance laws
#chatcontrolstop #chatcontrol #StopChatcontrol
#AlexeyPertsev of #cryptomixer #TornadoCash found #guilty