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One of the major bits of evidence that the FBI used to establish a link between DPR and Ross was that very early on he used an account on stackoverflow that sti
by Phlarp 8y ago
One of the major bits of evidence that the FBI used to establish a link between DPR and Ross was that very early on he used an account on stackoverflow that still had links to his true identity to ask a question about configuring servers for a TOR hidden service.
- 0815test 8y agoNot only that, but he used the same or a very similar username to spread the news about the Silk Road market on a different website. (Of course he did this in a plausibly deniable way, but if it turns out that the same guy has been asking for help with making that kind of site on SO, it doesn't take much to put two and two together...) Not to mention the other mistakes he most likely made while running the site, which (when brought to light after the investigation) proved to everyone just how far that dark market was from the "libertarian utopia" DPR liked to talk about. Of course there's a pretty big selection effect here; we would expect the people involved in something like SR to be quite overconfident and perhaps overly motivated by greed, and thus to be more likely to do some of these things.
- Phlarp 8y agoWell, the "violence" that took place was perhaps provoked by and certainly facilitated through law enforcement. I use quotes because it appears he primarily got extorted. Those same federal agents also sought to enrich themselves at various points throughout the case. Mr. Ulbricht did illegal things and paid a price for it, but the whole case reeks and the agents that played in the dirt should be made an example of just the same as he was.
- dwd 8y agoAgent Carl Force went to jail... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/corrupt-silk-road-agent-carl-force-sentenced-to-78-months/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/corrupt-silk-roa...