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Or even an unscrupulous domestic agent of law. If you look at the handling of the Silk Road investigation by the FBI, you'll see that people are easily compromised (Secret Service agents investigating tried to pocket some of the bitcoin). They may tell you they are only using backdoors when necessary, but who's liable when they abuse it?



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