When I tried Tails it had the noScript plugin disabled by default (actually in blacklist mode, I think, which allows javascript on 99% of websites). Even the plugin itself warns users not to leave it disabled. I wouldn't trust something with that big of a security hole. If anonymity was so important that I couldn't trust my own machine, I wouldn't trust a linux distro made for anonymity either.
It all seemed reasonable enough to me, except for the fact that after talking about long-term thinking so much he posted a graph of a 24 month period, and for more than half of that Google and Apple were very close in value, contradicting what he said.
I noticed the article said they use the VNC feature and the Device Manager and My Computer Properties window to find hardware info like serial numbers. I've heard of that forum before, I think 90% of the community found it by typing "how to hack" into google, and the other 10% are profiting in some way.
That's actually where I stopped reading and switched over to these comments. It seems obvious to me that according to "conventional thought" without the exchanges bitcoins would lose all value. Without the exchanges, you can only use bitcoins for a few things, mostly drugs and online services (hosting, usenet, vpn, etc). The thing is, these services will stop accepting bitcoins, because the operators will no longer be able to convert them into USD. Until you can buy food and gas and pay your bills with bitcoins, their value will rely on the existence of some kind of btc/"real currency" exchange.