KDC #102: Janine @J9Roem- Bitcoin, Privacy,&Investigative Journalism

#Bitcoin #Privacy #InvestigativeJournalism Janine @J9Roem, investigative journalist & "ThatOnePrivacyGirl", joins me & my Co-Host, Stefanie von Jan, in this special educational episode  to talk about:    Wikileaks could only survive with Bitcoin because all bank accounts were shut down  Importance of source verification: use primary sources for high quality content - this way fake news can be easily tested      Why privacy matters          Privacy for informational self-determination: power to reveal oneself selectively to the world           Cryptography as essential and powerful tool to provide privacy          Use case on how innocent people were targeted through stalking where the stalker had access to location data through mobile provider       Why mass surveillance?          Mass surveillance does not prevent the spread of the virus or terrorism           Not effected for anti money laundering          But effective for surveilling the people where terror prevention and AML serves as cover story       Data collection for marketing purposes          Data used for marketing purposes and individual ad targeting          Ad blocker is a protest against surveillance, both against marketing and law enforcement       Data used by governments        Governements collaborate in spying on its citizens: Law prohibits surveillance by the home government which is why governments agree with foreign governments for them to spy on their citizens and subsequently exchange information          Governments collaborate with data collection services usually indirectly to get around 4th amendment protection          Cases Carpenter vs US and US vs Miller           Later one: bank records do not have 4th amendment protection (=no privacy): Coinbase records are considered bank records and thus preserve no privacy           As soon as data is revealed to third party, then there is no 4th amendment protection: third parties are security and privacy holes      Recommendation         Check a service provider’s partnerships before engaging          Read their privacy policy           Buy Bitcoin with cash to maximize privacy           Run your own full node and improve your full node privacy   Links of Janine:   twitter: @J9Roem / @blockdigest / @panopticast   Blog & Newsletter: https://enegnei.github.io/This-Month-In-Bitcoin-Privacy/ Slides Slides on Bitcoin & Privacy: https://einzelgaengerinmotte.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/slides-final-2.pdf   Article by Dr. Ron Pol:  https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/the-war-on-money-laundering-has-failed-2e8b3df7507b   Links on FullNode etc:    keepitsimplebitcoin.com      mynodebtc.com  etc. Love, share, re-tweet, follow, and subscribe!  Thank you for listening, watching, and your support!