Jack Recider

Even what you're hearing right now, this podcast was delivered to you encrypted so that anyone who intercepted the packets along the way wouldn't know what you're listening to. It would have been illegal for me to use encryption on this podcast in the 90s without an export license. I did a whole episode on this, actually. That's episode 12, called Crypto Wars.

What Phil showed us is that code can be printed in a book, and if it's printable like that, it's protected under free speech. And so once again, it's unprecedented that the government would put a sanction on code, which has always been free speech. Until now. Until now.

What Phil showed us is that code can be printed in a book, and if it's printable like that, it's protected under free speech. And so once again, it's unprecedented that the government would put a sanction on code, which has always been free speech. Until now. Until now.

No, the crypto space is so complex that if I sent it to your wallet and you sent it to my mom's wallet and she sent it to my wallet and then I sent it to the exchange, is the exchange going to know that still came from Tornado Cash?

No, the crypto space is so complex that if I sent it to your wallet and you sent it to my mom's wallet and she sent it to my wallet and then I sent it to the exchange, is the exchange going to know that still came from Tornado Cash?

Okay. Transfer it to Polygon and then back to ETH and now you've got a new wallet and it's, I don't know if that's traceable. There's just a lot of ways to get around that even still.

Okay. Transfer it to Polygon and then back to ETH and now you've got a new wallet and it's, I don't know if that's traceable. There's just a lot of ways to get around that even still.

Yes, the book. Jeff has released a book called Rinsed, which goes into the modern ways criminals are laundering money. It's full of things that make you think about the new future that we're facing. I deviated quite a bit from it here, but what Jeff told us today was a single chapter from the book. So you can imagine how much more you learn from getting this book and diving in.

Yes, the book. Jeff has released a book called Rinsed, which goes into the modern ways criminals are laundering money. It's full of things that make you think about the new future that we're facing. I deviated quite a bit from it here, but what Jeff told us today was a single chapter from the book. So you can imagine how much more you learn from getting this book and diving in.

So go read Rinsed today and let me know what you think of it. And I'll leave you with this very important warning from the FBI, which was issued April 25th, 2024. This is PSA I-042524. The FBI warns Americans to avoid cryptocurrency money transmitting services that do not collect your name, ID, address, and other personal information.

So go read Rinsed today and let me know what you think of it. And I'll leave you with this very important warning from the FBI, which was issued April 25th, 2024. This is PSA I-042524. The FBI warns Americans to avoid cryptocurrency money transmitting services that do not collect your name, ID, address, and other personal information.

To me, this is akin to the FBI advising against driving on roads without license plate readers or walking on sidewalks without facial recognition cameras. It's like being told not to wear sunglasses on a sunny day or to avoid using curtains in your house. By cautioning us against privacy tools, they aren't just infringing on our rights.

To me, this is akin to the FBI advising against driving on roads without license plate readers or walking on sidewalks without facial recognition cameras. It's like being told not to wear sunglasses on a sunny day or to avoid using curtains in your house. By cautioning us against privacy tools, they aren't just infringing on our rights.

They're asking us to live in a glass house, exposed and vulnerable. This isn't just a warning. It's a push towards a future where privacy is a relic of the past. Is that the world we want to live in? A big thank you goes to Jeff White for sharing this story with us. You can find a link to his book, Rinsed, in the show notes. Go check it out.

They're asking us to live in a glass house, exposed and vulnerable. This isn't just a warning. It's a push towards a future where privacy is a relic of the past. Is that the world we want to live in? A big thank you goes to Jeff White for sharing this story with us. You can find a link to his book, Rinsed, in the show notes. Go check it out.

This episode was created by me, the firewall fidgeter, Jack Recider. Our editor is the router rigger, Tristan Ledger. Mixing done by Proximity Sound. Intro music by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. I was moving my stuff the other day, and I had to carry my computer down some stairs, but I dropped it. And it tumbled down the stairs, smashing itself to bits all the way down.

This episode was created by me, the firewall fidgeter, Jack Recider. Our editor is the router rigger, Tristan Ledger. Mixing done by Proximity Sound. Intro music by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. I was moving my stuff the other day, and I had to carry my computer down some stairs, but I dropped it. And it tumbled down the stairs, smashing itself to bits all the way down.

At the bottom of the stairs was just a big mess of broken parts. The only thing that was salvageable was a stick of RAM. So at least I have the memory of it. This is Darknet Diaries.

At the bottom of the stairs was just a big mess of broken parts. The only thing that was salvageable was a stick of RAM. So at least I have the memory of it. This is Darknet Diaries.

So I was looking through WikiLeaks the other day, as one does, right? And I came across something that I found rather fascinating. There's a thing that the CIA developed called Weeping Angel. So if you have a Samsung smart TV, there's a really odd feature in it. It's called fake off. And when the TV is on, you can push mute 182, then power, and the TV appears to turn off, but it doesn't.