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Ledger co-founder kidnapped and freed in France
- mellosouls 2y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42799974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42799974 Kidnapping of Ledger co-founder sparks major investigation in France, 14 comments
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- churchill 2y agoReminds me of the classic rubberhose/$5 wrench attack. It doesn't matter the level of encryption you've used to secure your crypto. If you're captured alive, you'll just be beaten non-stop until you grant access. And once crypto bros fall victim to such bad actors in meatspace, they demand that the government use physical violence to recover whatever they've lost.
- josephcsible 2y ago> And once crypto bros fall victim to such bad actors in meatspace, they demand that the government use physical violence to recover whatever they've lost. Why do you make this sound like a bad thing? Isn't it the government's job to catch criminals and make them provide restitution to their victims?