Story title is clickbait. Read this (short) Wikipedia article to get a quick summary
tl;dr the privacy tool in question mixes cryptocurrency funds with other users funds and hence the US government alleged this was a money laundering service
How is that clickbait, that’s exactly what happened?
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”
I agree that OP could have post a summary with the video, but clickbait would be “He built a privacy tool, and you won’t believe what happened next” or something that doesn’t inform of the content of the video. Here it’s pretty clear, he built a privacy tool and was arrested for it, all the info is contained in the title.
That’s just an excuse, no different from “encryption enables pedophilia” or “hands enable domestic violence”. Any tool can be used for illegal activity
Totally agree. And a short summary would go a long way towards making up for the clickbait title
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.
They’re deliberately withholding basic details of the story so that you have to click the video to get them. That’s clickbait.
What details are being withheld? His name, the tool’s name, the crime, the sentence? What title would be more informative?
Samurai wallet dev sentenced to 5 years
Is that better? Only if you already know what samurai wallet is.
Keonne Rodriguez pleads guilty to conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmission business?
Only if you know who Keonne Rodriguez is and that conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmission business carries a prison sentence of up to 5 years.
A privacy tool dev sentenced to 5 years for a conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmission business?
Is this any better? I don’t think so. It still doesn’t tell you anything about the actual case. You can’t condense an hour long video into a single sentence beyond the basic premise, and trying to do so risks glossing over important details and misinforming the viewer. Also, it’s not the titles job to give you details about the story, just a basic overview of what the story is about.
What details are being withheld? His name, the tool’s name, the crime, the sentence? What title would be more informative?
…yeah? That’s absolutely much more informative
Samurai wallet dev sentenced to 5 years
Is that better? Only if you already know what samurai wallet is.
Correct again. I mean it’s infinitely better than the current one where it doesn’t matter if you do know what Samourai is. Also replace Samourai with “crypto” and baby you got a stew goin’.
You can’t condense an hour long video into a single sentence beyond the basic premise
You don’t have to. You just try to make it as information dense as possible. That’s the entire point of a title. It’s not supposed to be just a bunch of random filler words. You’ve just provided several great examples yourself.
If you don’t know what samurai wallet is then that title would be less informative. Replacing samurai with crypto can only mislead the reader into thinking that the issue was the crypto and not the privacy part. It also doesn’t tell you anything about why he’s being imprisoned, while with “He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison.” it’s implied why (because he built a privacy tool).
Short, concise and precise, pretty much gold standard for a title… everyone accusing of clickbait, what?
- yes, he is going to prison for building a privacy tool, I’m sorry that you have read actual clickbait titles before, but he was not charged with money laundering, he wasn’t even charged of being involved with any money laundering scheme, the sole reason he was arrested was for building a tool that can be used for illegal activity. Let’s hope they don’t go after the Tor Project and Tails OS with such claims too.
- yes, OP could have made a short description in the post like saying who, what tool, what charge, etc.
Clearly the government does not like people seeing this absolute diabolical misrepresentation of law and a absolute miscarriage of so called “justice”.
This guy made a tool that makes it harder to TRACK crypto transactions. That’s it. Thats all. They never had the money. They didnt do anything with the money. They just make it hard for anyone else to track your money. This whole case was fucked up beyond all recognition.
The video is really about the general right to privacy and covers that charge. The prosecution was so badly done it that even a fucking congressman piped into the case adding “its like charging Microsoft with conspiracy to commit money laundering because some criminals used Windows/Excel to keep their ledgers” Real FUBAR shit
Tldr: Two guys made a non custodial service that makes it harder to track crypto. And they tried to fuck them cause it makes their jobs hard.
Fuck cryptobros
They all should be jailed
