• Serinus@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    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.

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      10 months ago

      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.