What's overwhelmingly clear from this article is that either the feds, or at least the people they are sending to talk to the media, have really no idea how bitcoin works.
Saying "The Bureau is in a position equivalent to having seized a safe belonging to a suspect with no idea of the combination – and no hope of forcing it open any other way." is completely incorrect.
I'm not sure who said it first but the old dictum still holds: "It's easier to turn lead into gold than to steal a properly configured bitcoin wallet."
> What's overwhelmingly clear from this article is that either the feds, or at least the people they are sending to talk to the media, have really no idea how bitcoin works.
Not so much. Everyone might have a clue, but their words could be mangled and/or placed in entirely the wrong context by clueless editors.
Saying "The Bureau is in a position equivalent to having seized a safe belonging to a suspect with no idea of the combination – and no hope of forcing it open any other way." is completely incorrect.