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Bitcoin => Press => Topic started by: julz on June 08, 2012, 01:33:05 PM



Title: 2012-06-07 forbes.com - Detaining Developer At US Border Increases Cryptocat Pop
Post by: julz on June 08, 2012, 01:33:05 PM
A brief mention of Bitcoin in this one..

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Detaining Developer At US Border Increases Cryptocat Popularity

Jon Matonis
2012-06-07

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2012/06/07/detaining-developer-at-us-border-increases-cryptocat-popularity/

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Encryption programs like Cryptocat that safeguard our private conversations and correspondence may not be the only government target. Just last year, a bitcoin developer coming from China was denied entry and questioned for hours by US Customs agents about how Bitcoin worked, where he got them, and how he traded Bitcoin for legal tender.
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