Federal investigators have ordered Google to provide information on all viewers of select YouTube videos

[wellington]

...according to multiple search warrants obtained by Forbes. Privacy experts from multiple civil rights groups told Forbes they think the orders are unconstitutional because they threaten to turn innocent YouTube viewers into criminal suspects.


In a just-unsealed case from Kentucky reviewed by Forbes, undercover cops sought to identify the individual behind the online moniker “elonmuskwhm,” who they suspect of selling bitcoin for cash, potentially running afoul of money laundering laws and rules around unlicensed money transmitting.
https://archive.ph/JTLY6#selection-559.116-570.0
- elonmuskwhm is trading on LocalCoinSwap
- https://www.reddit.com/user/elonmuskwhm/

 

[jafo]

That guy is NOT available for extradition

The feds need to CRY HARDER!

 

[JohnnyDoe]

I’ve always thought YouTube is a honeypot. Hopefully watching it for gardening tips will not profile me as a drug dealer.

 

[wellington]

That guy is NOT available for extradition

The feds need to CRY HARDER!

What insider scoop do you have

 

[jafo]

What insider scoop do you have

For his sake, I hope he is not, and if he is, he had better have solid, hermetically sealed OPSEC!

 

[JohnLocke]

I’ve always thought YouTube is a honeypot. Hopefully watching it for gardening tips will not profile me as a drug dealer.

It will be the next big thing. Targeting people's freedom of speech on YouTube - but perhaps it can eliminate all those YouTube videos that just don't need to play a role in the viewer's life. There will probably soon be a law dictating how stupid things are allowed to be, punishable by conditional imprisonment or confiscation of all one's possessions.