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They draw parallels between digital privacy and physical privacy—"It's the same as letting someone follow you around and look over your shoulder all day"—to concretize just how invasive privacy violations are becoming.
The Case Against Samurai Wallet and Similar Tools
A significant part of the discussion centers on recent legal actions against Samurai Wallet, a popular non-custodial Bitcoin wallet focused on privacy features such as coin joins. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Samurai developers with conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmission business and money laundering, even though the tool is open source, non-custodial, and never directly held custody of user funds.