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[–] assertnull@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

Totally agree. And a short summary would go a long way towards making up for the clickbait title

[–] assertnull@programming.dev 12 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

The title could have given more context. I’m not saying there is anything false or misleading, but as written the title is clickbait since you have to click through to get the key facts such as “Privacy app author convicted of facilitating money laundering for Samouri Wallet”

[–] assertnull@programming.dev 16 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Story title is clickbait. Read this (short) Wikipedia article to get a quick summary

tl;dr the privacy tool in question mixes cryptocurrency funds with other users funds and hence the US government alleged this was a money laundering service