We discuss the details of the case as well as its broader implications regarding the intersection of the “war on terror” and the “war on drugs,” NSA-DEA parallel construction, internet security and anonymity, the viability and vulnerabilities of Tor and Bitcoin, potential successors to Silk Road, and what the future holds for peer to peer networks and crypto-anarchy.
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Links:
Feds Arrest Alleged Top Silk Road Drug Seller (Update 10/07/2013 – News on latest arrests)
The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable (Original Profile by Gawker’s Adrian Chen)
Senators seek crackdown on “Bitcoin” currency (Letter from Sen. Chuck Schumer to DEA and Eric Holder about Silk Road)
LulzSec Hackers Using Digital Currency: DEA Crackdown Soon? (More on letter from Sen. Schumer)
Australian Federal Police Bust Internet Drug Dealer, DEA Says Its “Heavily Involved” in Silk Road Investigations (Paul Leslie Howard – first Silk Road related arrest)
The Silk Road Is Showing Cracks (More on Howard)
Secret website harboured drugs smorgasbord, court hears (More details on Howard’s case)
Tor-hidden online narcotics store, ‘The Farmer’s Market’, brought down in multinational sting
Feds Bust ‘Farmer’s Market’ For Online Drugs
FBI admits what we all suspected: It compromised Freedom Hosting’s Tor servers
Anonymous Web-host shut down, owner arrested; Tor users compromised by Javascript exploit
Online black market Atlantis abruptly shuts down
Atlantis, The Flashy Silk Road Alternative, Shuts Down
Meet The Dread Pirate Roberts, The Man Behind Booming Black Market Drug Website Silk Road (DPR interview with Forbes’ Greenberg)
End Of The Silk Road: FBI Says It’s Busted The Web’s Biggest Anonymous Drug Black Market (Includes statement by FBI in to Forbes’ Greenberg in response to interview with DPR)
The Silk Road To Federal Prosecution: The Charges Against Ross Ulbricht
Alleged Silk Road kingpin denies drug charges
Suspected Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Denies All Charges
Silk Road kingpin, shackled in court, pleads for time
Silk Road owner charged in second assassination plot
Tor and the Silk Road takedown (Statement by the Tor Project)
Silk Road – A sad farewell (Statement by former Silk Road mod)
The FBI’s Plan For The Millions Worth Of Bitcoins Seized From Silk Road
DOJ Hasn’t Actually Found Silk Road Founder’s Bitcoin Yet
The Unintended Consequences Of The Shutdown Of Silk Road
The Silk Road Is Dead. But Bitcoin Lives On
What do the latest NSA leaks mean for Bitcoin?
What Does the Silk Road Seizure Mean for Bitcoin?
Silk Road Fans Give the FBI a Tip, and an Earful
Edward Snowden’s E-Mail Provider Defied FBI Demands to Turn Over Crypto Keys, Documents Show
Lavabit LLC Unsealed Court Filings
The FBI Often Uses The Type Of ‘Illegal Digital Goods’ Sold On Silk Road
NSA Trying Hard To Compromise Tor, But It’s Still Mostly Safe
James Clapper Says They’re Just Trying To ‘Understand’ Tor To Keep Terrorists From Killing You
NSA, GCHQ Have Worked to Develop Attacks on Tor Because ‘Very Naughty People Use Tor’
In the Silk Road Case, Don’t Blame the Technology
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