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Re:FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleged Silk... by MichaelGG on Monday October 07, 2013 @10:38PM (#6512695)
DRM is fundamentally impossible on client-controlled devices. Being a criminal is not fundamentally impossible, nor is not being caught.
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Re:FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleged Silk... by Natsu on Monday October 07, 2013 @10:42PM (#6512709)
While I agree that perfect DRM is fundamentally impossible, I have no evidence of perfect criminals either.
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Re:FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleged Silk... by malka on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:10AM (#6513725)
well, since they were not caught, you never heard of them.
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Re:FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleged Silk... by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @10:33AM (#6515209)
The ones that aren't caught are almost certainly not perfect criminals, either, they're just lucky criminals whose errors happen to have intersected with the gaps in imperfect law enforcement.
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