The Cold War Bunker That Became Home To a Dark-Web Empire (newyorker.com) 11
The New Yorker this week has a story about a Dutchman named Xennt, who lived underground in a vast nuclear bunker in Germany with his family, friends, and an assortment of clever misfits. The story is about the dark web, a server empire used by cybercriminals, an encrypted phone network, a five-year investigation by the German police, and an Irish crime boss nicknamed The Penguin.
Man, I need a good crime boss name. (Score:3, Funny)
And a bunker.
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Just google "Herman-Johan Xennt" then select the "Images" tab at the top of the results.
That took me almost an hour to read but it was fascinating.
Moral of the story (Score:2)
Be careful of sketchy people wanting to buy places.
Worth reading the article? (Score:4, Insightful)
The article is an abridged biography of Xennt, and shows him as a kind of anarchist dreamer whose ideas on free speech and privacy weren't entirely compatible with mainstream thought. His decline in some ways horribly predictable because the only people willing to pay for absolute privacy are criminals.
It was also interesting to see how the police relied so heavily on human intelligence, not so different from the techniques used by criminals to break into legitimate businesses.
Definitely worth a read