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From the headline alone I assumed it was going to be about the tech industry's theft of the world's data
by _bxg1 8y ago
From the headline alone I assumed it was going to be about the tech industry's theft of the world's data
- mikro2nd 8y agoAnd I thought they were going to talk about cryptocurrencies... :)
- pphysch 8y agoTether, more specifically
- ealexhudson 8y agoThey do say a lot of theft cash ended up converted to Bitcoin. So, at least a measurable chunk of the liquidity in the market is down to this...
- huac 8y agoThe authorities often resell the bitcoins so they could reenter the market.
- pembrook 8y agoI've not heard any cases of bitcoins being "seized" by government authorities yet, although I see that happening in the future as probably inevitable. Have any examples?
- stonogo 8y agohttps://www.wired.com/2013/12/fbi-wallet/ https://www.wired.com/2013/12/fbi-wallet/
- jangoolie 8y agoYou mean exactly like this bitcoin that was seized and sold by the government: http://fortune.com/2017/10/02/bitcoin-sale-silk-road/ http://fortune.com/2017/10/02/bitcoin-sale-silk-road/
- celticninja 8y agoSilk road seizures were the first and biggest (by amount of coins) but they are much more commonplace now.
- blanderman 8y agoIs it stealing if the person gives it to you?
- Rjevski 8y agoMaybe not stealing but extortion. “Give us all your data or you can’t use the service all your friends use to keep in touch”. It’s even worse when the service we’re talking about goes beyond social networking and becomes a must-have like a cell phone (referring to major US carriers secretly selling location data to a marketing company).
- dang 8y agoI'm sure you did, but could you please not post unsubstantive comments to HN? This kind of thing leads to low-quality discussion.