No, it was a rookie fuck-up that enabled old-fashioned detective work. if it wasn't a fookie fuck-up, then none of this would have happened.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Gordon Morehouse <gor...@morehouse.me>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > 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. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSTYooAAoJED/jpRoe7/ujQtAH/12pYj8D+hdrt2+zbNBCVyVl > nzKzevXwC8UGqFPz5K2xCGjVD5Dg979IxQAFGLrjv7wp+X+zF15HnHtQEquZHOtI > vSgh8KPB92zajP2/k4agLGCrKNPbZSpQehYSu7H73ZzcFjyS/T2EOLm+ri23R/0z > czM8bZ53uaB/qwIEPM91b0OjggiYR01NjpZmQTjM3O5LYH25bpwd3ue7mkqGIxj0 > LFZo4b/QTnNS6ZA0ZR8dHpk3cYuF70XTr5z2UZUow7577FsBDbwC5IATorQap1fb > nqrPWshwgysnVUxspU1jwHinW+2zkISSZG0C6L8K8PQ9lq/td5AsocErFo/3+Fg= > =EdOP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk