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		hshdhdhehd 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This World of Ours (2014) [pdf] The $1m is the stuff they did to the point where they knew where to send the goon. If you are a target you are screwed. But clever crypto isn't useless.

sigwinch 44 days ago [–]

Probably used to average over $1m. Nowadays, those operations (polonium, novachuk, expending expensive KGB resources) send a signal. Otherwise, swatting your home while they drain your wallets; or threatening to swat; quite inexpensive.

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