Bitcoin FBI Report April 2012 - page 7.

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Quote from: mrb on May 08, 2012, 01:58:28 AM

Again every published article I have ever come across describing FBI involvement in crime supports the fact that their intellectual level is far below the required metric for that level of comprehension.

Special agent Johnson is probably pulling your file right about now. Grin

From the [Update: alleged] FBI Report (PDF):

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"All Bitcoin transactions are published online and Internet Protocol (IP) addressses are linked to the public Bitcoin transactions. If a user does not anonymize his or her IP address, an interested party can identify the individual's physical location. (13, 14)"

Reference #14 ... Jason Mick. Not the first inaccuracy from the media. Won't be the last.
- http://www.dailytech.com/Cracking+the+Bitcoin+Digging+Into+a+131M+USD+Virtual+Currency/article21878.htm

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Looks Legit.

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Quote from: Andrew Bitcoiner on May 08, 2012, 12:32:15 AM

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92797476/FBI-Bitcoin-Report-April-2012

Holy smokes! Very interesting, what do you guys think?

I've already given my opinion on the style of the document and how I think someone in this community made it with one hand while jacking off with the other, but now I question your intentions.

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FBI Bitcoin Report April 2012
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Obviously you uploaded this document yourself, so you're the one who obtained it. Care to share your source?

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In contrast to any other publication from the FBI:

http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications

Why does everyone assume that a troll would only be trolling if it said the FBI was against Bitcoin? It'd be twice as funny to pretend it wasn't.

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My Bitcoin Block Explorer was mentioned in an FBI report! Awesome!

I thought it was a pretty accurate and reasonable report. Not too anti-Bitcoin. Seems plausible that it's real.

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Fun read whether its real or not. I would side more towards it being real for the simple fact that it basically states that while Bitcoin is a potential problem for laundering/illegal activities, it's not seen as a significant problem or threat. I'd be much more likely to call fake/troll if it was using hyperbole and an aggressive stance towards the "looming Bitcoin threat".

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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on May 08, 2012, 01:29:32 AM

Look at the horrible quality (not the image quality, the horrible design). Since when does the FBI release private information like this, much less in such a horrible design? This is a 12 year old's copypasta in Word.

The PDF file has been carefully anonymized: content has been sanitized (each page is an image, not text, hence the quality issue) and the file metadata has been stripped out. This was done extremely well, which would make sense given it seems to be leaked...

I side with julz, psy, and others: it appears to be a real leak.

Posted to HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3942479

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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on May 08, 2012, 01:29:32 AM

Quote from: Raoul Duke on May 08, 2012, 01:14:04 AM

Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on May 08, 2012, 12:38:15 AM

Quote from: Andrew Bitcoiner on May 08, 2012, 12:32:15 AM

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92797476/FBI-Bitcoin-Report-April-2012

Holy smokes! Very interesting, what do you guys think?

rofl. It's on the internet so it must be true.

This is one of the ugliest/laziest trolls I've seen in a long time.

I wouldn't be so sure it's a troll... Seems pretty realistic to me.
I'm more sure of you being a troll than that PDF being one.

Look at the horrible quality (not the image quality, the horrible design). Since when does the FBI release private information like this, much less in such a horrible design? This is a 12 year old's copypasta in Word.

I'll take the FBI's published horrible design any time over an unpublished excelently designed Bitcoin Magazine Roll Eyes

It's a Word copypasta? It sure is... What do you think the FBI uses? Adobe InDesign? lol
Your reply is full of fail. Liked CBH's reply more

FFS Matthew, keep your non-trolling promise. You already broke it at least 2 times today.

Quote from: julz on May 08, 2012, 01:43:48 AM

I assess with a medium confidence level - that this is a genuine leak.
The overall tone,scope and language used are suggestive to me that it's the real deal.

Trolls are seldom so understated, nor do they have such attention to detail.

Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.

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I assess with a medium confidence level - that this is a genuine leak.
The overall tone,scope and language used are suggestive to me that it's the real deal.

Trolls are seldom so understated, nor do they have such attention to detail.

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Quote from: Raoul Duke on May 08, 2012, 01:14:04 AM

Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on May 08, 2012, 12:38:15 AM

Quote from: Andrew Bitcoiner on May 08, 2012, 12:32:15 AM

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92797476/FBI-Bitcoin-Report-April-2012

Holy smokes! Very interesting, what do you guys think?

rofl. It's on the internet so it must be true.

This is one of the ugliest/laziest trolls I've seen in a long time.

I wouldn't be so sure it's a troll... Seems pretty realistic to me.
I'm more sure of you being a troll than that PDF being one.

Look at the horrible quality (not the image quality, the horrible design). Since when does the FBI release private information like this, much less in such a horrible design? This is a 12 year old's copypasta in Word.

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Quote from: Matthew N. Wright on May 08, 2012, 12:38:15 AM

Quote from: Andrew Bitcoiner on May 08, 2012, 12:32:15 AM

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92797476/FBI-Bitcoin-Report-April-2012

Holy smokes! Very interesting, what do you guys think?

rofl. It's on the internet so it must be true.

This is one of the ugliest/laziest trolls I've seen in a long time.

I wouldn't be so sure it's a troll... Seems pretty realistic to me.
I'm more sure of you being a troll than that PDF being one.

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Quote from: Andrew Bitcoiner on May 08, 2012, 12:32:15 AM

http://www.scribd.com/doc/92797476/FBI-Bitcoin-Report-April-2012

Holy smokes! Very interesting, what do you guys think?

rofl. It's on the internet so it must be true.

This is one of the ugliest/laziest trolls I've seen in a long time.

Andrew Bitcoiner

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/92797476/FBI-Bitcoin-Report-April-2012

Holy smokes! Very interesting, what do you guys think?

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