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He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison. (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don't know what samurai wallet is then that title would be less informative.

No.

Replacing samurai with crypto can only mislead the reader into thinking that the issue was the crypto and not the privacy part.

No.

It also doesn't tell you anything about why he's being imprisoned

Neither does the current title. But at least then we know it's something to do with a crypto wallet instead of a "privacy tool".

it's implied why (because he built a privacy tool)

A "privacy tool" could be an infinite number of things. A "crypto wallet" is super specific.

At this point I think it's pretty clear you're just being disingenuous so I'll bid you good day.

[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

"If you don't know what samurai wallet is then that title would be less informative.

No."

What do you "no"? It absolutely would be. A samurai wallet could be a physical wallet for cash, some hidden blade device, a toy, a regular non privacy centric crypto wallet. For example lets pretend there is this crypto wallet you haven't heard of. Would a title like "Developer of Ninja Pocket goes to prison" be more or less informative to you?

"Replacing samurai with crypto can only mislead the reader into thinking that the issue was the crypto and not the privacy part.

No. "

Again, what do you mean "no"? "Developer of crypto wallet imprisoned" tells you nothing about why he was jailed and completely misses the whole point of the story - that he was imprisoned due to the privacy features of the wallet.

"It also doesn't tell you anything about why he's being imprisoned

Neither does the current title. But at least then we know it's something to do with a crypto wallet instead of a "privacy tool"."

Like I said it's implied. The title doesn't need to tell you that it has something to do with a crypto wallet because that's not the important part. The privacy preserving characteristics of it is what matters. His "crime" isn't making a crypto wallet, it's making it private.

At this point I think it's pretty clear you're just being disingenuous so I'll bid you good day.

IDK how you came to that conclusion but ok.