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		anigbrowl on May 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the DEA took a young man’s life savings withou... It wouldn't have happened with a visa or mastercard either. Bitcoin has literally nothing to do with this.

exo762 on May 13, 2015 [–]

Apparently it does happen with bank accounts. So no, your point does not stand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...

EDIT: In fact Bitcoin is much better protected against this. m-of-n signatures, brain wallets, hardware devices such as Tresor, etc.

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