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We have consulted with lawyers. None of them are going to give the go-ahead on this project. Quote from one of them: There is no such things as extrajurisdicti
by the_stc 9y ago
We have consulted with lawyers. None of them are going to give the go-ahead on this project.
Quote from one of them: There is no such things as extrajurisdictional, unless you're on the moon. My reply: If our opsec is good, we may as well be. Tor's latency even makes it feel like being in space.
If our opsec fails and I am unmasked, I will be unhappy at being caught. Successors will recover the system from backup keys and continue on. Small comfort.
- yodon 9y agoYou will look back on the decision to do this with regret. I understand you can’t see that now. I’m genuinely sorry for you. P.s. if you did talk to lawyers about this, your “opsec” is probably already blown or partially blown. Attorney-Client privileges only click in if you’re their client, which you aren’t. They will remember you and connect the dots if and when the time comes for anyone to care who you are.
- the_stc 9y agoIt certainly is a possibility. I am acutely aware of it every day. It is incredibly high stress. That is why our core team desires to hire people to run the business day-to-day, so we minimize our exposure online and hence reduce possibilities of making opsec mistakes. Communicating with a lawyer anonymously is not much more difficult than communicating with someone on HN anonymously. Here is an article discussing some of our opsec, server-oriented: https://medium.com/@PinkDate/pink-app-trading-latency-for-anonymity-and-other-techniques-815ee21c6da4 https://medium.com/@PinkDate/pink-app-trading-latency-for-an... At least I am doing something ethical, to benefit people. This is more than I can say about working on adtech and privacy-invasive data software.
- rebuilder 9y agoStop talking about your illegal venture when all doing so gets you is increased risk of capture.