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I don't understand why knowing who the team members are IRL is such a huge "security threat". Can someone please explain that to me?
by glitch003 13y ago
I don't understand why knowing who the team members are IRL is such a huge "security threat". Can someone please explain that to me?
- robflynn 13y agoMostly for the reasons specified in the story - people started showing up at other people's houses. If some sketchy folks know how to get ahold of someone who produces powerful mining machines, why not kidnap the person and hold them for ransom in exchange for large amounts of bitcoins / large amounts of machines for mining coins. It's more a security threat to the persons involved than it is to the business as a whole. That was my understanding of it, at least.
- glitch003 13y agoYeah but why is that unique to bitcoin? How is this different than if people started showing up at Google employee's houses because they know they're well paid? How is this different than people showing up at any wealthy person's house to kidnap them? My point is that keeping their address secret isn't how wealthy people protect themselves, so why is this so different for the avalon team?
- speeder 13y agoBecause they are perceived as wealthy, and are not really wealthy, meaning people will target them for their perceived assets, but they are not wealthy enough to hire extensive private security (And most likely, the parents of that employee don't live in a reasonably safe city either).
- john_b 13y agoThe difference here is that they aren't perceived to be wealthy now, but perceived to have the means to generate significant wealth quickly in the future.
- stevewillows 13y agoBeing able to mine anonymous income is attractive to many groups of people. If you kidnap a Google employee, there will be a record tied to names etc.