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user-inactivated  ·  3113 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Law and the Dao

I think Kenneth Zerzan started it, and most recently there was the Great Anonymous Comment Moral Panic of 2012, which I can't find a good summary of but which you probably remember, where a few states decided to try to do away with anonymous commentary entirely. None of which was successful, but "well someone should be vulnerable" seems to be an intuition among lawyers that isn't going away so saying "can't touch this" doesn't seem like a good idea unless you want to wave a red flag.





kleinbl00  ·  3113 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Waving red flags" seems to be the modus operandi of the tech industry these days, though. Take Uber: "we know it's against the law we just don't give a fuck."

There will be no Jammie Thomases of cryptocurrency.