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The more interesting story here is how he was able to confuse authorities for years by creating a slew of fictitious identities online. A good chunk of the priv
by andrewfong 13y ago
The more interesting story here is how he was able to confuse authorities for years by creating a slew of fictitious identities online. A good chunk of the privacy debate focuses on anonymity, but stories like these suggest that increasing the noise-to-signal ratio may be even more effective.
- fleitz 13y agoThis is why spies disguise themselves as average people rather than martini drinking playboys.
- Pitarou 13y agoThat, plus the fact that it was the social contacts that broke him. If you could break all social and family ties, you could probably get away with a lot. But you'd also be alone and vulnerable in the world. Tough choice. Maybe the master criminals build up separate identities with separate networks of social relationships.
- Systemic33 13y agoThat would make p̶s̶y̶c̶h̶o̶p̶a̶t̶h̶s sociopaths pretty much the créme de la créme, which doesn't come as a surprise, given their prominence among the world most grisly killers.
- Pitarou 13y agoThat makes sense. Psychopaths burn everybody close to them, so their relationships have a pretty short shelf-life anyway.