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December 17, 2012, 05:26:55 PM
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At about the 24 minute mark, Finch mentions silk road. Just thought that was interesting.  Grin

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December 17, 2012, 07:16:50 PM
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At about the 24 minute mark, Finch mentions silk road. Just thought that was interesting.  Grin

Always enjoy hearing about SR on TV Smiley Makes me laugh at producers sometimes Roll Eyes

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December 17, 2012, 07:20:16 PM
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Always enjoy hearing about SR on TV Smiley Makes me laugh at producers sometimes Roll Eyes

They had a reference about it being a black market, but the trades happend on IRC so the guy was easily traceable.

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December 17, 2012, 07:28:25 PM
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Always enjoy hearing about SR on TV Smiley Makes me laugh at producers sometimes Roll Eyes

They had a reference about it being a black market, but the trades happend on IRC so the guy was easily traceable.

He shoulda used TOR Smiley

Or jump off points.

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December 17, 2012, 07:36:12 PM
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Always enjoy hearing about SR on TV Smiley Makes me laugh at producers sometimes Roll Eyes

They had a reference about it being a black market, but the trades happend on IRC so the guy was easily traceable.

He shoulda used TOR Smiley

Or jump off points.
Oh my god that is great. I really need to go to Defcon.

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December 17, 2012, 07:43:08 PM
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Always enjoy hearing about SR on TV Smiley Makes me laugh at producers sometimes Roll Eyes

They had a reference about it being a black market, but the trades happend on IRC so the guy was easily traceable.

He shoulda used TOR Smiley

Or jump off points.
Oh my god that is great. I really need to go to Defcon.

As do I. That was the first Defcon talk I ever listened to in full. So I guess movies have it right Smiley

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December 17, 2012, 08:32:59 PM
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Get it right.  If you learn anything about hacking from TV/movies, it should be that frantic typing and quickly navigating through elaborate 3D interfaces is a requirement for breaking crypto!

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December 18, 2012, 12:12:54 AM
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At about the 24 minute mark, Finch mentions silk road. Just thought that was interesting.  Grin

http://www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/comments/14f7l1/the_show_person_of_interest_just_mentioned_silk/

how long before other shows cover bitcoin: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102253
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December 18, 2012, 08:45:27 PM
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Get it right.  If you learn anything about hacking from TV/movies, it should be that frantic typing and quickly navigating through elaborate 3D interfaces is a requirement for breaking crypto!

Actually, I'm fairly sure it's entirely dependent on how quickly you can mash the fuck out of the keys.

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