[tor-talk] Silk Road taken down by FBI

[Gordon Morehouse]

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Jonathan D. Proulx:
> 2) Traditional police work still works - this should be good news 
> to the law and order folks that traditional methods still work and 
> no extensive digital survailance state is needed.
> 
> Note I'm only anecdotally familiar with Silk Road so no personal 
> opinion on wether he should be praised or flogged, I do think in a
>  "dear legislator please don't ban privacy" kindof way point 2 is 
> important.

A trillion times, this.

I knew Silk Road would very likely get busted by good old fashioned
police work.  It was too big to not leave trails that smart, patient,
Bill-of-Rights-respecting (though that remains to be seen) cops can
pick up.

Best,
- -Gordon M.

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