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Number 3 was huge because the stackoverflow answer was used on the site nearly as-is: Based on forensic analysis of the Silk Road Web Server, I know that the c

Number 3 was huge because the stackoverflow answer was used on the site nearly as-is: Based on forensic analysis of the Silk Road Web Server, I know that the computer code ... includes a customized PHP strip based on 'curl' that is functionally very similar to the computer code described in Ulbricht's posting on Stack Overflow, and includes several lines of code that are identical to lines of code quoted in the posting. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/10/02/silk_road_s_dread_pirate_ross_ulbricht_asked_stack_overflow_question_under.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/10/02/silk_road...

gojomo 13y ago
That code-identicality alone doesn't necessarily mean much: lots of people come later and will use the public question/answer code in their own work. (Only together with the other pseudonym correlations, it means more.)
- dpapathanasiou 13y ago
  Right, it wasn't just the fact that the code was the same; it was that he initially posted those questions under his real name.
  - Blahah 13y ago
    Absolutely none of this is evidence of his guilt, it's all just very loose circumstantial suggestion. If this is all it takes to convince people of someone's guilt in a huge criminal case, we're all doomed.
    - mpyne 13y ago
      Circumstantial evidence has sometimes been enough for "beyond a reasonable doubt" in many cases over the past hundred years. I guess we were doomed since before then?
    - mseebach 13y ago
      "Probable cause" is all you need for a warrant. With the warrant you secure the "beyond any reasonable doubt" evidence.
    - rayiner 13y ago
      No, the financial transactions will prove his guilt. This is for finding him in the first place and getting the necessary warrants. Also, note that this evidence is for the indictment, which is what it takes to bring the charge, not a full statement of the case at trial.

gojomo 13y ago

That code-identicality alone doesn't necessarily mean much: lots of people come later and will use the public question/answer code in their own work. (Only together with the other pseudonym correlations, it means more.)

dpapathanasiou 13y ago
Right, it wasn't just the fact that the code was the same; it was that he initially posted those questions under his real name.
- Blahah 13y ago
  Absolutely none of this is evidence of his guilt, it's all just very loose circumstantial suggestion. If this is all it takes to convince people of someone's guilt in a huge criminal case, we're all doomed.
  - mpyne 13y ago
    Circumstantial evidence has sometimes been enough for "beyond a reasonable doubt" in many cases over the past hundred years. I guess we were doomed since before then?
  - mseebach 13y ago
    "Probable cause" is all you need for a warrant. With the warrant you secure the "beyond any reasonable doubt" evidence.
  - rayiner 13y ago
    No, the financial transactions will prove his guilt. This is for finding him in the first place and getting the necessary warrants. Also, note that this evidence is for the indictment, which is what it takes to bring the charge, not a full statement of the case at trial.