Ross Ulbricht Threatens LowEndBox. It's Weird
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They send out notices on a semi automated way I believe, there is some crawler that finds the image/logo, then they have someone in India find a contact address and send a DCMA notice.
Quite possible freeross uses such a service and is not itself behind the DMCA.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-secret-service-a...
The agent investigating him extorted him for bitcoins! This doesn’t even factor in any of the parallel construction conspiracies.
I think he has served enough time. I don’t see why keeping him in jail helps society at this point.
Parallel construction isn't a conspiracy. It is a legitimate investigative technique. For example if you have an undercover agent inside a motorcycle gang who tips you off about who murdered someone, you investigate and build a pattern of facts that proves who did it but does not draw a line to your source so they can continue to provide actionable intelligence.
The exact method by which his identity was discovered isn't public knowledge, but how it happened isn't groundbreaking (or unlawful) either. Think of it like a famous magician showing you how their trick is performed, you might be technically impressed - but you're still going to be underwhelmed compared to what it might have been.
The Supreme Court unanimously disagreed in Bronston v. United States.
Not something I realized about that community when I used them some years back to find & experiment with "Hmmm, can I get a responsive RDP connection to a desktop (lxde) running on a $7.50/year black friday vps deal?" (The answer was yes, yes I could. Surprisingly functional & a fun little playground, albeit not with any vendor I would trust for stability or security for any real purpose, unless that purpose was scammy spambots or something)
A lot better than half the stuff that gets posted here at least.
Example:
https://lowendbox.com/blog/the-weird-world-of-usb-dead-drops...
They write a lot of editorials. lowendbox.com/category/editorial/
Some are good, some are not. That doesn't make them articles written just for clicks.
No, it never would have happened unless he wanted to kill three people and paid to have it done. In his mind he wanted people dead and was willing to outsource it, at no point did he say "oh lol I bet you are totally kidding but I am going to pay you anyway."
he needed the "real world identity so I can threaten him with violence if he were to release any names... FriendlyChemist is a liability and I wouldn’t mind if he was executed... negotiating the logistical details of the murder, Ulbricht agreed to pay Redandwhite $150,000 in Bitcoins to kill FriendlyChemist. DPR paid Redandwhite, who later confirmed that he had received the payment and carried out the murder, and sent what appeared to be a photo of the dead victim to DPR. DPR replied that he had received the picture and deleted it,” and thanked Redandwhite for his “swift action.” [1]
Ulbricht initiated the exchange, and in other related reporting appears to defend himself only by noting that the murders didn't actually take place. As such it was a sting operation only in so far as Ulbricht, endeavoring to threaten &/or murder people, had those efforts intercepted by law enforcement before they could get to someone who would actually carry them out. It does not appear to be a case of entrapment where law enforcement was trying incite Ulbricht, urging him on to actions he would not otherwise have taken on his own. Because, again, he was the initiator.
[1] https://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/ULBRICHT-ca2-20170531.pdf
How stupid is LowEndBox? Just remove the photograph.