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He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by undefined0 »

bronz wrote: post #82

I am fascinated by TruCrypt and Bitcoin -- they had a very big impact on the world but their authors are completely unknown. Are there any other instances of things like that?

Did you read the previous articles? Allegedly Paul Le Roux created TrueCrypt (because a domain name is linked to him or something like that). Even if he didn't create TrueCrypt, he definitely created the pre-forked version of it (which he was open about).

It's got me curious as to whether Satoshi was really motivated by being anti-bailout or whether he created it for his own operations just as Paul allegedly created TrueCrypt for his.

Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by DonPellegrino »

smellf wrote: post #110

Is this the same Paul Le Roux who wrote the original software that TrueCrypt was based on? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E4M

Indeed! It was explained in the 3rd article of this series: https://mastermind.atavist.com/he-always-had-a-dark-side

Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by cbHXBY1D »

smellf wrote: post #110

Is this the same Paul Le Roux who wrote the original software that TrueCrypt was based on? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E4M

Yes. This is the fifth installment of the series investigating his life. The other episodes mention how his code inspired TrueCrypt.

The title for this submission should really have done a better job at explaining this is a series.

Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by nickpsecurity »

bruckie wrote: post #109
nickpsecurity wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops, you got me: another memory failure. Thanks for the catch. Yeah, a guy with a limp outrunning or fighting attackers carrying a book that weighs 200lbs. The 60lbs part is his and apologists "alloy" BS that's rejected by the book itself in Mosiah 8:9 where it says the plates are pure gold. So, it looks like a stretch unless the book is wrong.

[citation needed], again. Mosiah 8:9 is about a different set of plates that part of the Book of Mormon was abridged from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ether#Provenance My goal isn't to "get you"; I just don't want incorrect information passed off as truth. You clearly think the Book of Mormon is bogus. That's fine, but please use better researched arguments against it. Anyway, I'm going to drop this threa…

It's possible the original source was bad on that one. I'll drop it for now until I revisit the evidence. Or dfop it entirely as it wasn't a critical claim to begin with.

Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by nxzero »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #107
nxzero wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please explain.

If they know what you're up to and you don't coöperate you still end up behind bars or executed. If you do coöperate, they might let you off the hook somewhat.

Understand, but no, even law enforcement, military, etc. are trained to never say anything; this isn't just to protect the greater good either, don't do it.

Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by whoamipls »

myrbergs_army wrote: post #72
c6bb950be wrote: post #71

This is a very interesting story

Author of the original story here, would be very interested in discussing further... evan [at] atavist [dot] net

Good story. You missed a few things though The assassination my Michael lontoc, manager of red white and blue arms a Makati gun company owned by PLR. The crash of a cargo plane in Manila about the same time as capture of mv captain ufuk Billions of pesos worth of properties in the Philippines and Thailand including an island and a couple of beach properties as transit points Employing 24 prostitutes flown in from the south and housing them in different apartments in the Makati area Local purchase of high powered guns amuninition,c4 and detonators And So much more

Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by arprocter »

55555 wrote: post #61
arprocter wrote: post #60

Something which confuses me about the pharma sites is that most of the pills being sold seem pretty obscure, yet they clearly managed to earn a fortune

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurit...

"Approximately 100 pharmacies across the country were using that same account number. All of them were predominantly shipping the same three drugs: Fioricet, Ultram, and Soma"

Your article says the Russian sites mostly sold ED pills, which makes more sense to me, but it seems like Le Roux wasn't in that racket.

Maybe I'm just not up to speed on prescription meds, but I would've guessed people would go for recognized things like Vicodin etc. over random muscle relaxers

Re: He Got Greedy: How the U.S. Government Hunted Encryption Programmer Paul Le Roux

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Post by katiabachko »

cbHXBY1D wrote: post #113
smellf wrote: post #110

Is this the same Paul Le Roux who wrote the original software that TrueCrypt was based on? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E4M

Yes. This is the fifth installment of the series investigating his life. The other episodes mention how his code inspired TrueCrypt. The title for this submission should really have done a better job at explaining this is a series.

The final episode here: https://mastermind.atavist.com/the-next-big-deal
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