The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief in support of Roman Storm, the developer of crypto privacy protocol Tornado Cash. Storm has been charged with various crimes related to his work on the protocol. The EFF argues that Storm's prosecution raises concerns about civil liberties and could have a chilling effect on privacy-focused software development. They believe that holding developers responsible for how their tools are used undermines open-source innovation. The government is relying on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in this case, but the EFF argues that its application is inappropriate. They suggest that if Congress wants to regulate tools like Tornado Cash, it should pass a law that clearly distinguishes legal from illegal use. The market has reacted positively, with the TORN token seeing a 50% increase in the last month.



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