Of course, the proposed FinCEN rules utilizing the Patriot Act have nothing to do with preventing money laundering.

It is about *removing your ability to utilize privacy-preserving tools AT ALL.*

If they actually cared about money laundering every CEO and board at every major bank would be behind bars, starting with JP Morgan, Douche Bank, and HSBC.

You may rightly ask “well what about CASH?? It’s completely private! Why don’t they focus on getting rid of cash if they care so much?!”

And you’d be right… cash is next.

But many, many more people use cash than use #Bitcoin.

So cash is much harder to get rid of than this new-fangled crypto-hoosy-whatty that 99% of people don’t use, let alone understand.

This is their foot-in-the-door.

Make no mistake; they will (try to) remove all cash from circulation and implement a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

But first, they must get rid of any alternatives that would allow you to circumvent their totalitarian CBDC surveillance regime.

Pay attention. Speak up. Keep using privacy preserving tools — it is your fucking right to do so.

Do not comply.

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Fear versus hope

An eternal battle inside each of us - with our thoughts and actions reinforcing the world we each see.

Fear slows/stops some people from moving towards hope, which is why it is such an effective tool for control.

But in the end, hope is more powerful because it unites us - speaks to a higher purpose.

Keep the high ground my friends!

Our choices and actions shape our future.

#Bitcoin

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Not to forget that while GrapheneOS provides a default position of no privileged access for Google Services. This is not the focus or scope of the project as a whole. We simply give users the choice to use them or not properly sandboxed and isolated as any normal unrpivleged app. Therefore use of their hardware (which is the baseline standard) by the project is not antithetical to it.

Libsecp256k1 is one of the most reviewed and watched libs in the planet. Doubtful.

The govt is afraid of the general population having access to AI, so they argue to wall it off, install gatekeepers, & build in surveillance and controls for only "approved" AI tools.

But the govt SHOULD be afraid of the people. The last thing I want is the govt having access to the most advanced AI tools, which they will - and already are - using to learn how to kill and control people more effectively, while they squeal about even allowing neutered & "safe" options for everyone else. That's a recipe for tyranny.

What we need is a massive step toward *removing* the power imbalance between the people and govt, and AI is going to be a major part of that.

Android 14 update to GrapheneOS appears to have massively improved battery life! 🎆

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Happy Wednesday #nostr

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