So it was just luck that the thief ended up transferring to strongcoin instead of a private wallet.
Where do we go from here? It's kind of an ethical dilemma, because while we'd all like to think that bitcoins are unpoliced, there are definitely 3rd party services that can do this and seize funds as they see fit. Are we going to end up with a Network of Trust between large-scale bitcoin processors that attempts to detect and intercept grand-scale thefts? Or are we going to have to eschew the very centralization we're trying to create?
the transactions were easy to track....he didn't go through the washer and other services....
it wasn't just luck, the scammer had bought into another scam, that his bitcoins would retain value in StongCoin no matter what.
But when you can only send coins to an address chosen for you....that value is zero.
From here an online service would have to offer some sort of open source + crypto solution so that you could ensure they were not substituting your address...though that may be really hard to do.
Just make sure you always have you private key and always send a small test amount first. (though thats no absolute guarantee either) remember clients are windows on the blockchain, not the block chain, its that private key that alows you to go through the window into the block-chain
