Security Clearance question

[The_Mentalorian]

I was just told by a buddy of mine I work with who sat through a security briefing recently, that they’re now tracking bitcoin purchases as part of a 90 day review of clearances. That they’re able to tie the purchase to your personal bank account from your wallet and are now tracking outgoing transactions to known bitcoin wallets that sell contraband. They’re mainly looking for government employees buying drugs and possibly money laundering but I don’t see them turning a blind eye to gear either. I personally use cashapp to buy bitcoin and then send it to another wallet that I use to make purchases, but knowing this now, it seems kinda pointless. I knew bitcoin wasn’t completely anonymous to begin with, but knowing the government can track purchases made out of your bank account if you have a clearance is more than concerning to say the least.

Anyone got any further info on this? I’m scheduled for my briefing later this month but obviously knowing more now will help sooner than later. Looking to move to Monero but it seems to have a much steeper learning curve to it than bitcoin.

 

[That Guy]

Do they track the previous 90 days from what date? Is it 90 days going forward or retroactive?

Ask your buddy what the next steps are for him?

You might be good and this is their way of giving everyone a heads up. Your briefing is later this month, that's 30. Depending on what their procedure is, you may be able to buy time.

 

[TonyPerkis11]

Don't go to XMR if you want to keep your clearance. It would probably kill it if discovered, since the government can't have visibility on it and assumes all activity with monero is illicit.

 

[The_Mentalorian]

Do they track the previous 90 days from what date? Is it 90 days going forward or retroactive?

Ask your buddy what the next steps are for him?

You might be good and this is their way of giving everyone a heads up. Your briefing is later this month, that's 30. Depending on what their procedure is, you may be able to buy time.

That’s what I’ve been trying to figure out. From the way he made it sound, it’s how they’re doing it now which given that these briefings are new and now monthly, it sounds like it’s just part of the process going forward. It doesn’t appear that it’s linked to when you get briefed though, it’s just based on when your clearance was granted and it’s part of a quarterly review. He said they’re looking at all transactions related to cryptocurrencies, and since we live in a weed legal state, if we’ve made purchases at any dispensaries as well. This feels invasive as fuck but I already know the answer I’ll get if I ask why they can just comb through my bank account is “you work for the government “.

He’s freaking out as much as I am haha

I’m deleting my cash app account, closing my bank account that I use, and transferring what bitcoin I have left to a hardware wallet. Good thing I have about two years worth of gear stashed already

 

[The_Mentalorian]

Don't go to XMR if you want to keep your clearance. It would probably kill it if discovered, since the government can't have visibility on it and assumes all activity with monero is illicit.

Oh god dammit

 

[Enhancedm]

I was just told by a buddy of mine I work with who sat through a security briefing recently, that they’re now tracking bitcoin purchases as part of a 90 day review of clearances. That they’re able to tie the purchase to your personal bank account from your wallet and are now tracking outgoing transactions to known bitcoin wallets that sell contraband. They’re mainly looking for government employees buying drugs and possibly money laundering but I don’t see them turning a blind eye to gear either. I personally use cashapp to buy bitcoin and then send it to another wallet that I use to make purchases, but knowing this now, it seems kinda pointless. I knew bitcoin wasn’t completely anonymous to begin with, but knowing the government can track purchases made out of your bank account if you have a clearance is more than concerning to say the least.

Anyone got any further info on this? I’m scheduled for my briefing later this month but obviously knowing more now will help sooner than later. Looking to move to Monero but it seems to have a much steeper learning curve to it than bitcoin.

Wait just so I’m clear… this is for government employees only?

 

[The_Mentalorian]

Wait just so I’m clear… this is for government employees only?

Yeah just for gov employees with a security clearance

 

[CaffeineandKilos]

Welp, sounds like some dudes got popped for something and they are doing a sweep... They probably have a list of wallets they are looking at links for, so unless your sources are already being watched by big bro you should be fine. Now they might ask you for explanations for random transactions, but that could simply be answered with "I do not recall what that was" lol