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That's what they want you to think. He was caught because; Nothing can match against the surveillance arsenal of the NSA.
by unobatbayar 5y ago
That's what they want you to think. He was caught because; Nothing can match against the surveillance arsenal of the NSA.
- ichydkrsrnae 5y agoThat's not what I think, that's what Nick Bilton thinks. The quality of his book makes me partial to his thesis, of course, but NSA conspiracy blah adds nothing. Also, lots more went into catching him than just heyy, but that was the lucky break that had him caught. Now he shares a prison with Dr. Unabomber Kazinsky.
- twobitshifter 5y agoThat could be the story but since parallel construction is routinely used to hide the existence of surveillance tools and back doors it’s not unreasonable to doubt it. I thought I had heard it was stackoverflow, is that looped in somehow?
- ichydkrsrnae 5y agoI don't recall StackOverflow being mentioned, no, but it's been a few years since I've read it.
- twobitshifter 5y agohttps://slate.com/technology/2013/10/silk-road-s-dread-pirate-ross-ulbricht-asked-stack-overflow-question-under-real-name.html https://slate.com/technology/2013/10/silk-road-s-dread-pirat...
- ichydkrsrnae 5y agoCorrection: He was transferred to a penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona.
- ichydkrsrnae 5y agoHave to admit. I was impressed with the USGOVs ability to recover bitcoin ransoms paid for cyberattacks. I'm not sure if impressed is the right word.