Re:Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth
by dublinben on Thursday January 22, 2015 @02:04PM
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I've never gotten the impression that Ulbricht was a psychopath or anything similar. He always came across as a naive idealist, caught way over their head in a conspiracy they never expected to succeed. He openly admits in his diary that he practiced terrible OpSec, and didn't care much.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth
by Touche on Thursday January 22, 2015 @03:21PM
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This article doesn't make him look like an idealist at all. It makes him look like an entrepreneur that cares about success about all else. The idealism seemed to come later, as a justification.
Re:Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth
by RottenHuman on Thursday January 22, 2015 @05:15PM
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Being an idealist and entrepreneur who wants to be successful are not mutually exclusive at all.
Re:Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth
by Touche on Thursday January 22, 2015 @06:43PM
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Who said it was?
Re:Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth
by spiralpolitik on Thursday January 22, 2015 @03:21PM
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Hindsight is 20/20. Sometimes you don't realize you need OpSec above a certain level until after the fact and by them it's too late.
Re:Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth
by mercurial on Friday January 23, 2015 @02:20AM
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Considering they busted Anonymous' "Commander X" the same way, he should have been forewarned.
Re:Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth
by davidgerard on Friday January 23, 2015 @06:14PM
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Yeah, the one where he tried to recruit hitmen made him seem a lot less idealistic. Maybe it's just me.