Theymos probably opened a Pandora's box when he banned mixers from bitcointalk forum, because US/EU officials can now call anything to be a ''mixer'' including bitcoin wallets 
I was never a big fan of Samourai wallet, but that is open source tool for privacy and lot of people used it.
Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses.
I think people will have to change definitions about many things soon.
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We are in 2024 and not 1984, and we have to get used to the development. That's why eyes are being opened wider and the government getting advanced in their thing. I was never a big fan of Samourai wallet, but that is open source tool for privacy and lot of people used it.
Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses.
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These charges arise from the defendants’ development, marketing, and operation of a cryptocurrency mixer
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-launderingI think people will have to change definitions about many things soon.
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But I don't see why theymos or the forum should be dragged into this. He made his intentions known that time and the reason for it which is genuine in every moral reasoning and in the sane world. As usual, people, just like you do now talk less about the allegation but more about the situation, even as you downplayed the core function and capability of the Samourai wallet.
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Samourai Wallet was a mobile-first cryptocurrency mixing service combining multiple features to execute anonymous financial transactions.
That was an excerpt from "Infosecurity magazine." And this is another mind-opener for theymos to further restrict some things (if he wants), but no one can blame him if he is not stricter enough for some reasons best known to him.