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Ben explores the phenomenon of internet identities, illustrated by the recent arrest of Ross Ulbricht. Allegedly using the alias Dread Pirate Roberts, he is accused of murder-for-hire and mastermin...ding online drug market The Silk Road. Is anonymity/pseudonymity always a bad thing?
Ben explores the phenomenon of internet identities, illustrated by the recent arrest of Ross Ulbricht. Allegedly using the alias Dread Pirate Roberts, he is accused of murder-for-hire and mastermin...ding online drug market The Silk Road. Is anonymity/pseudonymity always a bad thing?
| Series: | Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley |
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| Episode | 1 - |
| First transmission date: | 01-11-2014 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC News |
| Published: | 2014 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:18 |
| Note: | BBC News version |
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| Producer: | Will Aspinall |
| Presenter: | Ben Hammersley |
| Contributors: | David Auerbach; Paul Syverson; Danny O'Brien; Mike Jarmuz; Colin Doherty |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC News website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p2l66 Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p23mv |
| Production number: | WLPL692Y |
| Available to public: | no |
