assertnull comments on He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison.

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[–] assertnull@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago (5 children)

The title could have given more context. I’m not saying there is anything false or misleading, but as written the title is clickbait since you have to click through to get the key facts such as “Privacy app author convicted of facilitating money laundering for Samouri Wallet”

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

That's just an excuse, no different from "encryption enables pedophilia" or "hands enable domestic violence". Any tool can be used for illegal activity

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[–] assertnull@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

Totally agree. And a short summary would go a long way towards making up for the clickbait title

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[–] qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 1 point 10 months ago*

I wouldn't say that not going with an overly descriptive title classifies a bait. You can always add more context but that's what the actual article/video is for, a title is just a brief general description to catch the readers attention. Something like "Interview with Keonne Rodriguez, the founder of Samurai Wallet - a privacy focused bitcoin wallet who's going to prison after being compelled to pleading guilty to running an unlicenced money transmitting business." is very descriptive but doesn't make a great title IMO. It's like saying that "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is a readbait because calling it "A Wizard Orphan and a Magic Rock" would give more context.