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#174 - The FBI's New Cyber Super-Weapon Is The Dark Web's Worst Nightmare | Andy Greenberg

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The Dread Pirate Roberts

I interviewed the Dread Pirate Roberts before he was identified and like turned out to be this 29 year old guy Ross Albrecht. When I communicated with him, that was over hit the Silk Road anonymous messaging system. He had a second in commands who called himself Variety Jones. And you could see the Variety Jones at one point suggested this idea, like call yourself the Dread PirateRoberts. Even if you're ever caught, you can tell this whole story,. Like it's just a kind of rotating handle that is inherited by one kingpin of the Silk Road after another.

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