Subj : a most excellent interview..
To   : Mortar M.
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Dec 22 2025 01:07 pm

Hello Mortar M.!

** On Monday 22.12.25 - 11:00, you wrote:

 MM>   Re: a most excellent interview..
 MM>   By: August Abolins to All on Mon Dec 22 2025 11:57:00

 >> "The whole case against him was based on the idea that privacy
 >> itself is criminal. This is his story.

 MM> A little context would be nice.

There is a good description on the YT page.

"Naomi Brockwell, a well-known independent journalist and
privacy advocate, recently produced and featured in a special
report and interview concerning the legal case against the
Samourai Wallet co-founder, Keonne Rodriguez. The segment
highlights the ongoing debate about the criminalization of
privacy tools and developer liability."

"You might think privacy is optional. Something you can worry  
about later. But right now there is a major war against privacy  
being waged. If governments can arrest the people who build  
privacy tools, then when the day finally comes where you might  
need them, those tools will not exist anymore."

"I had the pleasure and heartache of interviewing Keonne
Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, an open-source, non-
custodial privacy wallet, who goes to prison this week because
of the privacy tool he created."


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