Government Tries To Sneak In KYC Testimony Against Roman Storm
The court is allowing the prosecution’s expert witness to testify to the feasibility of implementing KYC/AML, despite the Government no longer charging Storm for AML/KYC violations.
Personal Opinion
Policymakers insist that developers should write surveillance code — yet they rarely demand the opposite: code that refuses to collect sensitive customer data in the first place. If data leaks are such a threat, why not eliminate the target entirely? Instead, legal frameworks often require companies to retain customer records for years, sometimes indefinitely. These troves of personal information — “honeypots” by design — invite breach and abuse. The real negligence isn’t in failing to surveil users, but in architecting systems that treat mass data collection as default.read more >>>
