On: Man Denies He's Bitcoin Founder

[waterlesscloud]

There's also the question of obtaining his email address through a merchant he did business with. That seems like it would be borderline illegal.

[nikcub → waterlesscloud]

the entire story relied on pretexting.

i'd love to see the email to the merchant, bet she didn't identify as a journalist.

[_3u10 → nikcub]

OMG she didn't identify as a journalist?!?1?!?

That's it, it's a slam dunk case Newsweek is liable for bajillions of dollars. He sure didn't act like a secretively paranoid inventor of bitcoin.

I bet newsweek would love to see his entire email history. He should probably sue them so he can see that email to the merchant and newsweek can read his entire email history, as well as subpoena various other people for their private emails with satoshi. This will be a winning legal strategy to protect his privacy.