This isn't a joke, everything else was watertight but he used his gmail account that he'd had since 2004 for the basic setup of the site and that's how they got him.
They traced the first ever post of silk road back to the gmail since he didnt use a burner and it all came tumbling down. The dude was so fucking good that was the only thing he slipped on otherwise it would still be up today.
@Dudebro @rher @RapistGoku Didn't they grab his open laptop from a library? Or are you saying this is how they found him to begin with?
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@MeBigbrain @RapistGoku @rher @Dudebro that's how they found him but yeah, they staged a domestic dispute in a library and he got up from his laptop to go help without locking it. Gay ops.

@beardalaxy @RapistGoku @rher @Dudebro As I understand it they had to do it this way because his laptop security was airtight and would have wiped if they tried to brute force it.
I feel like this is a form of entrapment or something but whatever.

@Dudebro @RapistGoku @rher @MeBigbrain the FBI will break laws to catch people this is like peanuts comparatively

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