The arrest of the man alleged to...
The arrest of the man alleged to operate the illicit online drug marketplace Silk Road shouldn’t place new regulatory focus on anonymity technology such as Tor and Bitcoin, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a Thursday blog post (http://bit.ly/1fMhmut). It’s…
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important “not to blame these tools for the actions of a small portion of their users,” EFF said. “The public wouldn’t tolerate a campaign to malign the car because of its utility as a getaway vehicle for bank robbers; we must apply the same critical thinking to essential privacy-preserving technology.” Silk Road allowed users to trade Bitcoins and other anonymity technologies for illicit substances, and the FBI arrested its leader, the so-called “Dread Pirate Roberts,” on Tuesday, EFF said.