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So basically you can threaten the lives of your customers and not fear any repercussions from law enforcement as long as the New York Times doesn't write a prof
by rwhitman 16y ago
So basically you can threaten the lives of your customers and not fear any repercussions from law enforcement as long as the New York Times doesn't write a profile on you using your real name and location.
Not to mention the fact that all the consumer empowerment brought upon by social media has now been flipped on its head.
Is this the direction online commerce is heading? Its great that they nabbed the guy but the fact that he used the failings of the system to prop himself up for years is worrying. There are plenty more Vitaly Borkers out there waiting
- metageek 16y ago>There are plenty more Vitaly Borkers out there waiting Are there really that many businesses threatening their customers' lives? I've never heard of it before this guy.
- rwhitman 16y agoActually there was another story somewhere on HN (i think) about a guy who did the same thing, only with data recovery. He would hijack a drive or a computer's components and tell the customers they needed to pay more money before he'd return them, often threatening them and telling them to go on yelp if they were angry
- metageek 16y agoOh, right, I did read that.