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CYBER: Crime and Crypto with Cory Doctorow

CYBER

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The Double Edged Technology of Cryptocurrency

Danny laser is a veteran of the crypto wars. He made end to end encrypted messaging tools that can be used to send ransom notes as easily as they can be used for plans to overthrow a despot or just nudes. The keys are stored on a laptop that he's actually opened up and taken a set of pliers and remove the network interfaces from. They have to import a pickpocket from Covent Garden in London to bump him and get the key off of them. So I'm not worried about the money laundering. I'm just worried about the other stuff. And here I can solve it, right?

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