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 If you are a #freedomtech developer, always ask yourself - 'how can my cool project be weaponized?'

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 If you are a #freedomtech developer, always ask yourself, how might gov fearmongering influence me to bow to their surveillance programs? 

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 Don't dev anything that can be used for communication, because words kill? 
 Ha! 

It likely doesn’t go that far, but it gives a reason for the payment regulators to ‘moderate’ payments and messages for ‘appropriateness’ - that scares me.

Also, you have no choice but to use these services with your ‘real’(KYC) identity, so your attacker knows that you’ve read your message. It might not bother you, but it will scare the bejeezus out of most people. 
 So, when you code you should worry if it's going to scare people?
 
 Well, in the EU, you now have to worry if your code unlocks something illegal. 
 I guess you're not following our conversation, so I'll summarize me original point.

People will use anything and everything to be abusive. If you're concerned about your creation being used for abuse, quit creating.