FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
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FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
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Did he hide a shitload of national security secrets in his bathroom with the chandelier?
Oh no wait, if he did that they’d have done NOTHING
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they’d have done NOTHING
That's not fair. They'd have elected him President
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This man must not have the flesh of a sunburnt marshmallow.
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Looks like they found Satoshi Nakamoto and now Hegseth is gonna beat him with a sock fulla quarters til he gives Trump “all the bitcoins”
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The US government has known who Nakamoto was since like 2017
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It’s probably Adam Back.
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Huh, another good reason for sticking with physical money. You can't beat someone with a sock full of bitcoin.
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That's what cold storage is for.
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I'm not so sure. I'd take a sock full of quarters over a sock with a 3.5" spinning disc hard drive in it any day of the week.
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Trump would spend the Satoshi coins.
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Stealing the top comment:
See what's sad is that there could be real national security reasons for the FBI/DOJ actions, but because the pattern lately has been un-uniformed randos detaining people in the streets (and then disappearing them), I'm fresh out of benefits of the doubt for the government here.
If they're the subject of a criminal investigation, say so. If they're not, then explain why nobody has heard from these people in seemingly weeks. Are they green card holders? US citizens?
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The Nazis historically did go after universities and professors. If you ever take a class on Heidegger, it’s overshadowed by his membership in the party, and the fact he participated in carrying out the parties policy - firing all Jewish professors, including his friend Hussarl.
Colleges are places where ideas compete, and fascism cannot compete as an idea but only through force. The crypto angle might be part of this case, but we’ve already seen Florida and Texas trying to set up their own controlled university systems - fucking with colleges and professors is on the table.
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Yes, it's why when you meet a fascist in the wild or online they will always counterargument with trolling and non-sequitur nonsense. Fascism cannot survive sincerity.
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Obvious possibilities:
- he was suspected of espionage and arrested (we don't know whether he did anything), for some reason it hasn't been disclosed (it should be disclosed)
- he disappeared on his own, officials are trying to understand what he knew or accomplished
The university de-listing him seems particularly interesting. Clearly they were told something that the public wasn't told.
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While in normal times that would makes sense as a likely possibility from what little we know, today it seems equally possible he’s in Guantanamo as an illegal immigrant hardened criminal who is clearly a member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. I’m sure he’s responsible for half the Fentanyl in the US
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Fled the country after family harassed by ice, and this is retaliation ?
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Salt Typhoon is my guess. That team would've heavily benefit from someone with Dr. Xiaofeng Wang's connections.
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Going to guess they are in China.
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My first thought was Bruce Schneier
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