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Re:SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency projec... by ddevault on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:34AM (#33406304)
Iranians trying to get cash so they can buy groceries are not the problem. North Korea using ransomware to get lots of cryptocurrency they can use to fund their nuclear weapons program is the problem.
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Re:SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency projec... by tossl568 on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:55AM (#33406632)
Either the money is permissionless or it isn't. If everyone can use it that means people you don't like can too. Like the internet. If I can send packet to my friend with a message then so can a terrorist.
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Re:SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency projec... by kragen on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:15PM (#33413292)
Do you really want to turn SourceHut into an instrument of US foreign policy, even if it keeps Iranians from buying groceries? US foreign policy doesn't have a great track record on human rights or diminishing global inequality, you know. It's killed and imprisoned a hell of a lot more people than North Korea.
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Re:SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency projec... by hrbf on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @04:08AM (#33418302)
Since the company incorporated in the EU, I don’t quite see how this is relevant.
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