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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by ballenf on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:38PM (#25000700)
The regular reply to that strength is usually the rubber hose threat. Which is pretty much what happened here it seems with the person who had control of the private key in custody of the government.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by macksd on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:46PM (#25000752)
This is the XKCD you're looking for: https://xkcd.com/538/
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by prvc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:57PM (#25000858)
What does that have to do with a rubber hose?
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by wtallis on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:01PM (#25000887)
The proverbial rubber hose serves the same purpose as the $5 wrench mentioned in the comic.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by LgWoodenBadger on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:27PM (#25001123)
Rubber hoses were used by police to beat confessions out of suspects without leaving visible evidence of a beating.

At least according to the materials I've read.

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by LiquidSky on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:03PM (#25000917)
The comic uses a wrench, "rubber hose" is the older way of phrasing it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by dabeeeenster on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:02PM (#25000902)
It's a torture instrument
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by jagged-chisel on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:00PM (#25000880)
Rubber hose, hammer ... same usage, slightly different “impact”
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by jonplackett on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:02PM (#25000903)
There really is an XKCD for every occasion.
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