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Ah yes, of course they were only caught because the two had a falling out and then one swatted the other.
by CamelCaseName 6y ago
Ah yes, of course they were only caught because the two had a falling out and then one swatted the other.
- vmception 6y agolmao, I want to know how the incident response was. Can't find an article on that. The indictments make it seem like the authorities immediately laughed and charged them both.
- jtsiskin 6y agoIt’s the 21st century prisoners dilemma. You and your partner stole a bunch of Bitcoin via SIM swapping. If you split it, you each get half. If you don’t split it, the other one will SWAT you and you both go to jail.
- primitivesuave 6y agoNot to nitpick this brilliant comment, but it's more of an iterated prisoner's dilemma over multiple thefts. If one expected the charade to go on forever then the optimal strategy is indeed TFT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat) but a criminal well-advised in game theory could calculate a threshold gain beyond which it is optimal to compete.
- cortesoft 6y agoTo be even more nitpicky, it isn’t really a prisoners dilemma; defecting is not rewarded at all since both people went to prison if anyone defects. The defector did not get charged with a lesser crime or anything.