# 2012-06-07 / Forbes.com / Cryptocat Developer Detained At US Border

**URL:** https://forum.bittiraha.fi/t/2012-06-07-forbes-com-cryptocat-developer-detained-at-us-border/173
**Category:** Uutiset
**Created:** [Kesäkuu 11, 2012, 12.45pm UTC](https://forum.bittiraha.fi/t/2012-06-07-forbes-com-cryptocat-developer-detained-at-us-border/173 "2012-06-11T12:45:07Z")
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### Author: ![Technomage](https://forum.bittiraha.fi/user_avatar/forum.bittiraha.fi/technomage/32/1264_2.png) [@Technomage](https://forum.bittiraha.fi/u/Technomage)
#### Post date: [Kesäkuu 11, 2012, 12.45pm UTC](https://forum.bittiraha.fi/t/2012-06-07-forbes-com-cryptocat-developer-detained-at-us-border/173/1 "2012-06-11T12:45:07Z")

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

Pieni maininta Bitcoinista.

“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.”