Ulbricht created a site where people could communicate and trade and not be tracked
This is against the entire DNA of Fed.gov. The NSA, CIA, IRS, FBI, DOJ, Treasury, etc. etc. will NEVER allow such a thing
“Ulbricht created a site where people could communicate and trade and not be tracked.
This is against the entire DNA of Fed.gov. The NSA, CIA, IRS, FBI, DOJ, Treasury, etc. etc. will NEVER allow such a thing”
I agree. But I think since the TOR protocol was designed by Naval Intelligence they have always had a backdoor anyhow. I can’t see them creating a top level security communication system that they themselves could not monitor for possible infiltration. I think they have a master decryption key incorporated.
I think the only reason it took so long to catch Ulbricht was because they wanted to pile up evidence as long as they could before putting the hammer down. They might have even been using his site as a training tool for awhile before they busted him.