“Make no mistake: the EARN IT Act is a vehicle to undermine end-to-end encryption.” – Elliot Harmon

A very important episode on a topic that people need to be aware of. There is a bill in Congress, one of the continuous attempts for the past 25 or so years, that will create enormous collateral damage to our freedom of speech, and privacy online. Not to mention putting the many abuses of surveillances capitalism on steroids. An excellent article from the EFF breaks it all down.

“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” – Thomas Jefferson

Please take just a moment and visit the original article to send a message to your representative. Ot might not make an enormous difference, but what do they do if they hear from no one? Support the EFF for fighting the good fight for online security and free speech!
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/graham-blumenthal-bill-attack-online-speech-and-security
Take Action: https://act.eff.org/action/protect-our-speech-and-security-online-reject-the-graham-blumenthal-bill

Another great article from BitcoinMagazine giving more insight into the problem written by Dave Hollerith:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/earn-it-the-us-anti-encryption-bill-that-threatens-private-speech-online
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“Keeping the Bitcoin network private can be thought of as an act of unity by Bitcoiners in America to help keep the network useful for Bitcoiners in Venezuela and Hong Kong — indeed, around the world.” – Sasha Hodder & Rafael Yakobi
An article from Bitcoin Magazine diving into the difficult and often onerous regulations around money transmission and the consequences for both the entire industry, and the dangers it presents for individual privacy. An excellent op-ed from Sasha Hodder, and Rafael Yakobi.

Link to the original article on BitcoinMagazine.com:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-fungibility-mixing-and-the-legal-limits-on-maintaining-privacy

Mentioned in the commentary to explore the ideas further:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msQ_khFmKtU
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