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Re:FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleged Silk... by dublinben on Monday October 07, 2013 @11:31AM (#6508851)
An easy way to disguise your behavior is to steal someone else's username. Pick a popular user on a popular site, and then assume their name on a new service.
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Re:FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleged Silk... by gknoy on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @11:07PM (#6519201)
It would have been rather uncomfortable to have been a Tor user with "Dread Pirate Roberts" as a username, if you knew nothing about Silk Road and happened to be a Princess Bride fan.
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