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Re:The FBI Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road’s Server by atmosx on Saturday September 06, 2014 @02:24AM (#8277690)
That's correct. Most of these guys are getting cauought because they didn't believe that will have to eventually face an enemy with so many resources (FBI/NSA).

I believe that avoiding detection online can be done if you are very strict about your policies.

I don't believe DRP had the knowledge to understand and the how's and why's of a setup you're describe unlike skilled engineers[1] who design multi-layered approaches.

[1] http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2014-04-09-tarsnap-no-heartb...

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Re:The FBI Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road’s Server by Estragon on Saturday September 06, 2014 @05:12PM (#8279504) 

  > they didn't believe that will have to eventually face an enemy with so many 
  > resources (FBI/NSA).  I believe that avoiding detection online can be done
  > if you are very strict about your policies.
I think the NSA has sufficient resources and incentive to mount a sybil/correlation attack on the Tor network.
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