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I have no opinion on how realistic all the talk about ordering "hits" is or if that was all a farce, but it seems likely to me if Ross Ulbricht wasn't the "real
by georgemcbay 13y ago
I have no opinion on how realistic all the talk about ordering "hits" is or if that was all a farce, but it seems likely to me if Ross Ulbricht wasn't the "real" DPR or if there were multiple active official DPRs, the "real" DPR or one of the other active ones would have posted an online message using DPR's known PGP signature by now, either to cast doubt on the arrest, or just to thumb their nose at the government.
- betterunix 13y agoWhat makes you think they would want to cast doubt on his arrest? Let's put it this way: if there were two DPRs and one was arrested, and the arrested involved shutting down a Tor hidden service (i.e. the feds found the hidden service), would you really go around announcing that you were still walking free? Assuming that there is another DPR / SR admin / whatever out there, he or she is probably at a rifle range shooting every storage device with any SR material on it.
- gwern 13y agoIf I were the real DPR, my priorities at this point would be securing the commissions if at all possible, and hiding: taunting the feds with a signed message does not prove anything other than someone else had access to the key (Ross could still be the 'real' DPR), and it immediately tells the feds they left a loose end hanging. A hypothetical real DPR could have no way of knowing what incriminating evidence has been left on the server, be known by Ross (who might want to strike a bargain and maybe reduce his sentence by 1%), or available in Ross's belongings.