When the weakest link between the criminal and the cryptocurrency is a single person (the holder himself in this instance), that person alone would need to withstand all attacks and “rubber hose cryptanalysis”.

"Brute force attack"?

Theres alot of really rich crypto people in nyc that are up to no good.

This is said to happen in Russia all the time, except the police never intervene and the bodies are just incinerated once the keys are tortured out.

Technology isn't even a cool field anymore, the major innovations (crypto, blockchain, AI) have such a film of sliminess around them. You have to ignore or be ignorant of the fact that they're going to be used for scams and bullshit more than for good.

Stay safe out there.

Personal and physical security for founders, operators, and investors

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Had Satoshi known the impact his innovation would have had on the world, all said and done, I bet he would have chosen to keep it under covers.

This is part of why I designed Tarsnap to keep data as secure as possible, even from me. If someone stores their crypto keys -- or world domination^W optimization plans -- on Tarsnap, I don't want to get kidnapped and tortured by anyone trying to steal that data.

NYC catching up to Paris - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/we-have-reached-the...

Great job score one for crypto holders who plan on not revealing their key under torture.

Bring back the penny. A bag of them can be used to stop an attacker.

The most telling or disturbing thing I learned from a recent article posted here about the Crypto-related kidnappings was how criminals found some of their victims’ addresses and personal information in marketing data that companies kept on their customers.