(This is a meta-article regarding sam biddle's gizmodo article: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/2012-07-19-gizmodocom-the-secret-online-weapons-store-thatll-sell-anyone-any-94194)
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Reporter explores dark world of online weapons trade
Rosa Golijan
2012-07-19
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/reporter-explores-dark-world-online-weapons-trade-897041
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Biddle found his answer in a virtual black market called "The Armory." It's difficult to access and nearly impossible to trace, he says. Purchases there require Bitcoin, an electronic currency.
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Once you wiggle your way through the software hurdles and encryption layers required to even locate the gun mart, find the wares you want, negotiate with a seller, and transfer Bitcoin, you still have to receive an actual shipment of guns — in real life.
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Rosa Golijan
2012-07-19
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/reporter-explores-dark-world-online-weapons-trade-897041
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Biddle found his answer in a virtual black market called "The Armory." It's difficult to access and nearly impossible to trace, he says. Purchases there require Bitcoin, an electronic currency.
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Once you wiggle your way through the software hurdles and encryption layers required to even locate the gun mart, find the wares you want, negotiate with a seller, and transfer Bitcoin, you still have to receive an actual shipment of guns — in real life.
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