Bitcointalk and the US Government - page 2.

redsn0w

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#Free market

Quote from: Hydros on April 18, 2015, 03:21:31 PM

What are your thoughts on this?
http://www.coinbuzz.com/2015/04/17/bitcoin-forum-gives-600-peoples-private-info-to-us-government/

If I can say my personal opinion (I hope the Us government is reading this thread !):

that simple theymos is almost 'obliged' to satisfy their orders or he can risky the jail -/- fight it in court (he probably choose to send all the data, instead fight them). Someone of you have never sent a pm to BFL? I hope you have not (never) sent a sensitive message to them.

Spendulus

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Quote from: Hydros on April 18, 2015, 03:21:31 PM

What are your thoughts on this?
http://www.coinbuzz.com/2015/04/17/bitcoin-forum-gives-600-peoples-private-info-to-us-government/

Butterfly Labs was, well...scammers.

The emails would form evidence of what they said/promised and what people expected and paid for, and then the long train of complaints by the consumers and the ducking and dodging by BFL. Relative to bringing charges against BFL (civil or criminal I don't know.)

I'm leaning in favor of that's the way the system is supposed to work. In other words, this is not NSA massive spying.

Who agrees or disagrees with this point of view?

protokol

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If true, ouch.

But it should be common knowledge by now to encrypt any sensitive info, even through PM. Maybe this will be a lesson to some.

Hydros

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What are your thoughts on this?
http://www.coinbuzz.com/2015/04/17/bitcoin-forum-gives-600-peoples-private-info-to-us-government/

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