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Bill Gates spends millions a year on personal security. What if this guy is not actually worth millions of dollars?

• maxerickson 13y ago
  My point was more that wealthy, powerful people often don't even have the sort of privacy being talked about, it doesn't make sense to complain that their wealth and power would protect them.
• fleitz 13y ago
  Then he has to suffer through the horror and agony of having someone knock on his door, and having the police escort them off his property. I'm not sure if he'll fully recover from that kind of trauma.
  • 12345678987 13y ago
    > having someone knock on his door, and having the police escort them off his property. That's the worst that will happen to him. Oh wait, people have reason to think he has est.~400 million in bitcoins. But it's okay, I'm sure he'll recover from this (https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/) kind of trauma, too.
  • maaku 13y ago
    He has hundreds of millions of dollars in untraceable (if you know what you are doing) e-currency, protected only by keys presumably on his person, in his house, or otherwise nearby. It's unfortunately not uncommon for strangers to be killed over a few thousand dollars cash. Apparently professional hit men charge only a little more than that. Are you really suggesting that the worst he might endure is annoying reporters knocking at the door?