#Bitcoin #Privacy #InvestigativeJournalism
Janine @J9Roem, investigative journalist & "ThatOnePrivacyGirl", joins me & my Co-Host, Stefanie von Jan, in this special educational episode to talk about:
- Wikileaks could only survive with Bitcoin because all bank accounts were shut down
- Importance of source verification: use primary sources for high quality content - this way fake news can be easily tested
- Why privacy matters
Privacy for informational self-determination: power to reveal oneself selectively to the world
Cryptography as essential and powerful tool to provide privacy
Use case on how innocent people were targeted through stalking where the stalker had access to location data through mobile provider - Why mass surveillance?
Mass surveillance does not prevent the spread of the virus or terrorism
Not effected for anti money laundering
But effective for surveilling the people where terror prevention and AML serves as cover story - Data collection for marketing purposes
Data used for marketing purposes and individual ad targeting
Ad blocker is a protest against surveillance, both against marketing and law enforcement - Data used by governments
Governements collaborate in spying on its citizens: Law prohibits surveillance by the home government which is why governments agree with foreign governments for them to spy on their citizens and subsequently exchange information
Governments collaborate with data collection services usually indirectly to get around 4th amendment protection
Cases Carpenter vs US and US vs Miller - Later one:
bank records do not have 4th amendment protection (=no privacy): Coinbase records are considered bank records and thus preserve no privacy
As soon as data is revealed to third party, then there is no 4th amendment protection: third parties are security and privacy holes - Recommendation
Check a service provider’s partnerships before engaging
Read their privacy policy
Buy Bitcoin with cash to maximize privacy
Run your own full node and improve your full node privacy
Links of Janine:
twitter: @J9Roem / @blockdigest / @panopticast
Blog & Newsletter: https://enegnei.github.io/This-Month-In-Bitcoin-Privacy/ Slides
Slides on Bitcoin & Privacy: https://einzelgaengerinmotte.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/slides-final-2.pdf
Article by Dr. Ron Pol: https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/the-war-on-money-laundering-has-failed-2e8b3df7507b
Links on FullNode etc:
keepitsimplebitcoin.com
mynodebtc.com
etc.
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