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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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