• LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    The guy who created the Silk Road got caught because he recycled the same usernames for different accounts, one of which could be traced back to his identity

    Also, he logged in via a library’s public wifi

    I just watched a YouTube video about that last week

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      1 year ago

      yeah and he also left his personal email in an old post he made years ago, promoting the silk road when it was new