forced disclosure of private keys
189 sats \ 7 comments \ @ln123 12 Aug 2022 bitcoin
Somewhat disturbing: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/saving-bitcoin-private-keys-from-courts
Increasingly, attorneys in the United States are asking courts to force the disclosure of cryptographic private keys as part of discovery or other pre-trial motions, and increasingly courts are acceding to those demands.
This highlights the need for multi-sig. A single private key is a SPOF.
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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 13 Aug 2022
Never comply! Prepare your affidavit and ask the following:
  • who gave the "authority" to a court or whatever other gov to force you (s a living wo/man) your property?
  • NOBODY have any authority over a living wo/man without consent!
The myth of authority The power of affidavit Slavery by consent
But yeah, if you are weak and give up your rights and properties, you will get what you fucking deserve: SLAVERY by consent.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ln123 OP 13 Aug 2022
Different rules (authorities) in different countries. In Australia, there was an activist who now has to report his Signal Messenger activity. In Canada, your bank account can be frozen without evidence of wrongdoing.
Geographical Multi-Sig with multiple hardware devices (different vendors) is the way. It's better to say that you "can't" than you "won't".
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 13 Aug 2022
Oh would you look at that ... I just forgot my 12 words. That's a pity, how could that happen.
On a serious note: That is why buying KYC Bitcoin and washing them with mixers/coinjoin/lightning is not enough. Because one still has bought Bitcoin that disappeared into the void.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ln123 OP 13 Aug 2022
I'm hopeful that lightning and sidechains will bring us the privacy we need.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @FatBear 13 Aug 2022
I'm not sure how multi-sig would help from a legality point of view? If you didn't hand over all the keys you could be found in contempt of court?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ln123 OP 13 Aug 2022
in a secure multi-sig setup, you don't have access to all the keys. Ideally, the other key-holders are in other jurisdictions
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tech5 13 Aug 2022
It could be used as a form of plausible deniability.
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