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Re:Feds found Silk Road 2 servers after a six-month attack o... by guelo on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @11:35PM (#8927552)
But they did burn that valuable capability. Did they do it for no gain?
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Re:Feds found Silk Road 2 servers after a six-month attack o... by tptacek on Thursday January 22, 2015 @12:11AM (#8927641)
How do you know who "they" is? The Tor project said it seemed like it could have been a research project.
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Re:Feds found Silk Road 2 servers after a six-month attack o... by sarciszewski on Thursday January 22, 2015 @05:44AM (#8928477)
Academics would have no such motivational constraints unless working for the feds. They burn capabilities with wild abandon and still serve their own self-interest.
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