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The EU's latest mass-surveillance initiative Going Dark is taking aim at the Lightning Network, 'mixers' and self-custody in its latest encryption report, but still lacks fundamental data to back up its claims that more surveillance does equal more security. The EU's apparent regulatory strategy of "we'll just say things and hope no one notices" now seems to continue to manifest in its evaluation of financial privacy services.
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EU's 'Going Dark' Takes Aim At Self-Custody, Mixers And The Lightning Network – But Lacks Data To Prove Its Claims
The EU's 'Going Dark' wants to backdoor encryption, but lacks fundamental data to back up its claims that more surveillance does equal more security.
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"going dark"... trial balloon for cyber threat narrative. When the masses get too restless, they *will* pull the switch. maybe it will only last a few days, a week but the capitulation will occur rapidly as our "connected addicted society" can't order McDonald's or smokes to their pod. good news for Bitcoiners... time chain will keep ticking, we'll resync when they turn the internet on again and we will have our own trial balloon of how better to harden the backbone for the next attack.
When encryption is illegal, everyone must break the law on purpose to show them that they have no right and they have no authority. Do whatever you must, whether it be downloading "illegal" software to use encryption or importing "illegal" hardware to use encryption. Whatever it takes. remember the first step of the ooda loop is to observe. break that and the rest becomes useless
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Why don't they just all their efforts 'privacy illegalization laws'? They don't even hide the fact that no law needs to have been broken. They just want to control people that have not broken the law - suspects (that have not been found to have committed crime). 'custodial wallets... create opportunities... to seize crypto assets that are SUSPECTED [emphasis mine] to be of criminal nature."