Crypto Advocates Warn of Threats to Privacy After Developer Prosecutions

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Privacy advocates say recent legal cases against developers of open-source privacy tools set a dangerous precedent. The convictions of Tornado Cash’s Roman Storm and the Samourai Wallet team have sparked fears that building privacy-preserving software could be criminalized.
“Authoritarians thrive when people have no privacy,” said Naomi Brockwell of the Ludlow Institute, warning that hostility to privacy tech is a serious red flag.

[Nahid Hossen]

When devs are prosecuted, privacy tech becomes the first casualty. ️

[Abdul Khan]

Stronger protections are needed if privacy tools are to survive. ️