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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by snakeanus on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:02AM (#14838532)
No, which is why I mentioned tor.
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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by andai on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:18AM (#14838651)
In case anyone feels like doing something like that, this talk is worth a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ2OZKitRwc

A talk on how Tor users got caught. In a nutshell: it wasn't Tor's fault, but bad OPSEC on the part of the users.

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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by logfromblammo on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:54AM (#14838907)
Also, it is worth considering that debt collection agencies are very good at finding people, and very bad at upholding ethical standards. Going to prison is not the worst case scenario.
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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by esrauch on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:35PM (#14841894)
Is it actually profitable to do that sort of unethical activity though? These aren't exactly loan sharks right?
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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by otterley on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:15AM (#14838636)
If you think you can't get caught because you use Tor, I know of a few people who can testify otherwise. See, e.g., Ross Ulbricht and Christopher Grief, to name a few.
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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by ralfd on Monday July 24, 2017 @01:27PM (#14840587)
Go to the public library and use a pc there? Or a free wifi in a mall?
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Re:18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-T... by amclennon on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:59PM (#14843519)
See the previous point about Ross Ulbricht (arrested in a public library)
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