#2 2014-12-27 11:31:05
Great God I love the 21st Century.
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#4 2015-09-29 00:58:33
choad wrote:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/these-are-the-two-forgotten-architects-of-the-silk-road
Thanks for this!
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#5 2015-09-29 06:35:59
choad wrote:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/these-are-the-two-forgotten-architects-of-the-silk-road
So they are engaging in News of the World-style hacking?
Through a source, Motherboard has gained access to emails sent and received by one of those characters, who is perhaps best known by the pseudonym Variety Jones. This reporter has seen first hand the contents of this email account, and verified that it is legitimate. . . .
A source independently gained access to this email account. It contained a small cache of documents, files, emails and chat logs explicitly linked to Silk Road and its operations from 2012, as well as information on the account's owner. These records contain the story of these back-room dealings of Silk Road. . . .
A source independently gained access to Mr. Clark's Bangkok Airways account, which contains records of previous flights made from locations in South East Asia to Thailand's capital, Bangkok, in 2013. The account is held under the name Roger Clark.
Oh, an "independent source." What's the ruling on this, choad?
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#6 2015-09-29 11:05:20
square wrote:
choad wrote:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/these-are-the-two-forgotten-architects-of-the-silk-road
A source independently gained access to Mr. Clark's Bangkok Airways account, which contains records of previous flights made from locations in South East Asia to Thailand's capital, Bangkok, in 2013. The account is held under the name Roger Clark.
Oh, an "independent source." What's the ruling on this, choad?
As an editor or a reporter, I'd spike it, wouldn't touch it with a ten foot cattle prod. Doesn't pass the usual 'who-gives-a-fuck' sniff test, adds nothing to the existing story, engages in more actionable behavior than it reports and exposes the publisher to no end of liability. And for what? I may have skipped town in dead of night more than once but I never, ever left a bread crumb trail to my own door.
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