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		boredumb on Aug 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Tor... Imagine a world where when you so much as board an airplane - "Sir are you carrying more than .5 bitcoins in a physical wallet on your persons, 10,000$ in cash, illegal drugs or cigarettes?"

shakezula on Aug 8, 2022 [–]

I don't need to imagine. I was searched at Berlin Tegel (RIP) and they specifically asked me if the devices I was carrying (2 laptops, a work and a personal one) contained cryptocurrency wallet information. This happened in 2018.

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