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It's not without precedent to see payment systems leaned on to disable their clients. This is a shiny new webmail client with a focus on encryption, but these s
by sudomal 13y ago
It's not without precedent to see payment systems leaned on to disable their clients. This is a shiny new webmail client with a focus on encryption, but these shady groups probably aren't attacking projects this early in their life... probably.
- DennisP 13y agoTrue, and given the amount of economic and legal pressure the government has proven itself willing to apply to preserve its surveillance capabilities, I'm not sure why people think it's out of the question in this case. We haven't seen it yet for early-stage projects, but this one's gotten a fair amount of press and donations. It may seem more likely that PayPal froze the account due to discomfort with crowdfunding, but the question then is how many other campaigns have they done this with. Since Indiegogo still uses them, it seems the answer must be "not many."