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I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by lukealization »

vinhboy wrote: post #27
sbierwagen wrote: post #16

Why did the silk road want a data visualization app? The "live demo" in the linked github doesn't seem to be very "live", in that it seems to be totally static. The post talks about "drawing correlations" but all it does it make a graph. http://sciview.herokuapp.com/#/data-sets/0

Is it possible he was really working a SpaceX project as a subcontractor of a contractor? I do that sometimes. Give my work to someone else to do because I am too busy working on something else.

SpaceX tend to keep their work internal due to concerns regarding both intellectual property and munitions laws (ITAR).

Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by downandout »

sandworm101 wrote: post #3

The lawyer was correct. If you have reason to suspect the FBI is watching you, they already have what they need. The men-in-black routine is meant to alter your behavior, to cause you to do something rare like empty an account or contact a distant friend. This was federal investigation 101. Walk past the car and photograph the driver. They really love that.

Walk past the car and photograph the driver. They really love that.

I assume you're being sarcastic, but they might actually "love that" if their objective at that point of the investigation is to alarm you and see what you do. It's an acknowledgment that they have indeed alarmed you.

Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by stiva »

This really is an interesting story, but I wish he'd taken it to a journalist instead of writing it himself. The narrative is choppy and has a lot of holes in it. I would have loved to see this done as a feature from someone with a lot of experience writing about technology. That might also have given some extra credibility and context to things.

Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by johansch »

pfarnsworth wrote: post #33

This story is completely unintelligible. I have no idea what this story is about, where does it say he was designing for Silk Road? Did he say he was talking with DPR or something?

It's a weird-ass story the writer likely concocted to save his ass.

Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by wheelerwj »

stiva wrote: post #34

This really is an interesting story, but I wish he'd taken it to a journalist instead of writing it himself. The narrative is choppy and has a lot of holes in it. I would have loved to see this done as a feature from someone with a lot of experience writing about technology. That might also have given some extra credibility and context to things.

what gave you that impression?

I sent the following email (below) shortly before receiving the previous one (above).

Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by morerow »

sandworm101 wrote: post #14
jawns wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love to hear more about this. Both you and the lawyer in the story recognize it as true, but is this something you're taught ... or learn officially ... or learn unofficially?

Exact procedures are of of course classified, but talk to enough people under investigation, read enough warrant affidavits, and you learn the patterns. They haven't changed much over the decades. They still dress in 1950ish black suits with sunglasses, at least when they want people to recognze them. This is a culture no different than any other corporation. They all dress to look like the boss/oldest man in the roo…

I was interviewed by FBI agents in a small town, and they did not appear sophisticated at all.

First, they went to my mother's old employer that she had left 8 years prior. The message got passed to me and I called them.

They mispronounced words, tried to intimidate me and at one point said, "We aren't the Federal Bureau of Information" when I pointed out holes in their questions.

I'm sure if I was a high priority this would had been different.

Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by degenerate »

johansch wrote: post #35
pfarnsworth wrote: post #33

This story is completely unintelligible. I have no idea what this story is about, where does it say he was designing for Silk Road? Did he say he was talking with DPR or something?

It's a weird-ass story the writer likely concocted to save his ass.

This. If he is ever charged he will point back at this article as "proof" of accidentally complicity.

Re: I thought I was designing for SpaceX, it may have been for the Silk Road

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Post by kneel »

johansch wrote: post #35
pfarnsworth wrote: post #33

This story is completely unintelligible. I have no idea what this story is about, where does it say he was designing for Silk Road? Did he say he was talking with DPR or something?

It's a weird-ass story the writer likely concocted to save his ass.

Oooh, this makes sense now.

He skimped hard on the details.

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