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He Always Had a Dark Side

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Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by myrbergs_army »

mirimir wrote: post #66
myrbergs_army wrote: post #59

Original author of the story here... Just to add that 1. yes, the reporting on Le Roux's childhood is more tentative based on a family source (well backed up by docs and images sent to me). But the fact that the same Le Roux created E4M which formed the basis of TrueCrypt is something I think I've established definitively, company and site registration trails show it very firmly (and PLR himself admits it in court, b…

Aren't you nervous about doxxing someone like that so thoroughly?

As tptacek says, I don't view reporting like this as "doxxing." As the series hopefully shows, Le Roux was a hugely newsworthy figure for many different reasons, so reporting his background and how he got there is part of understanding where he is now. As for being nervous, many of the major players in the story are in US custody, and perhaps somewhat counterintuitively a lot of people involved want to tell their part of the story. If they have beefs, they are typically with each other not with me. I do try to be careful, though.

Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by ikeboy »

djsumdog wrote: post #71
nmc wrote: post #15

Can we please have a little less narrative and a little more information sources? Has anyone confirmed any affirmation in the article?

This is what I'm wondering. Is this simply going to turn into another Satosh hunt?

Paul LeRoux is probably Satoshi. Consider: his latest known posting is from Mar 2014. http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/bitcoin-open-sour..., two months before Truecrypt shut down.

(/sarcasm)

Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by myrbergs_army »

svenfaw wrote: post #113
cantrevealname wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The birth certificate says, "Paul Calder Le Roux", but the diplomatic passport names him, "Paul SOLOTSHI Calder Le Roux". What's with the SOLOTSHI? Was that a nickname, an additional real name, or just a false name he threw in to the mix?

Am I the only one who first read it as "Satoshi"?

Also read it that way the first time and lost my mind for a second.

Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by ikeboy »

myrbergs_army wrote: post #59

Original author of the story here... Just to add that 1. yes, the reporting on Le Roux's childhood is more tentative based on a family source (well backed up by docs and images sent to me). But the fact that the same Le Roux created E4M which formed the basis of TrueCrypt is something I think I've established definitively, company and site registration trails show it very firmly (and PLR himself admits it in court, b…

http://journal-neo.org/2015/06/12/paul-calder-le-roux-arch-v... reported the same last year, although without the evidence you mention.

Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by CiPHPerCoder »

mirimir wrote: post #66
myrbergs_army wrote: post #59

Original author of the story here... Just to add that 1. yes, the reporting on Le Roux's childhood is more tentative based on a family source (well backed up by docs and images sent to me). But the fact that the same Le Roux created E4M which formed the basis of TrueCrypt is something I think I've established definitively, company and site registration trails show it very firmly (and PLR himself admits it in court, b…

Aren't you nervous about doxxing someone like that so thoroughly?

Why should they be nervous about doing their job?

Also, one X, not two: https://stallman.org/doxing.html

Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by finnh »

iheartmemcache wrote: post #70
myrbergs_army wrote: post #59

Original author of the story here... Just to add that 1. yes, the reporting on Le Roux's childhood is more tentative based on a family source (well backed up by docs and images sent to me). But the fact that the same Le Roux created E4M which formed the basis of TrueCrypt is something I think I've established definitively, company and site registration trails show it very firmly (and PLR himself admits it in court, b…

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But Atavist actually sells content. Why don't you just pay Atavist Mag?

Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by akhilcacharya »

pklausler wrote: post #117
akhilcacharya wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was born in '72, it's reasonable to assume that his birth grandmother was born around 1930, and that either she was of Rhodesian citizenship or her daughter was a missionary. If this is part is legitimate that is.

It took me five minutes on Wikipedia and NNDB to narrow the possibilities down to only four senators; the rest are women, too young, married too late, or only had sons.

Wow, I should take a crack at it.

Any hints? Hah.

Re: He Always Had a Dark Side

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Post by avn2109 »

pklausler wrote: post #117
akhilcacharya wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was born in '72, it's reasonable to assume that his birth grandmother was born around 1930, and that either she was of Rhodesian citizenship or her daughter was a missionary. If this is part is legitimate that is.

It took me five minutes on Wikipedia and NNDB to narrow the possibilities down to only four senators; the rest are women, too young, married too late, or only had sons.

Might not be a current sitting Senator.
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