Cybershambles

Let's count the ways this could have been done better. For starters, Let's not spend most of the time lying to people (apart from the straight up amaturish parts of their project), second, start the project by including the costs of security based milestones in the price of admission.

This results in higher costs because people are being altruistic... so let's make the cost $80 starters... $40 for Hardware (There are better mini routers out there for the price). $10 for Shipping. $10 for Software. $10 for Security Audit. $10 for TOR donation, because you're exploiting them for profit (higher pledges to TOR = TOR merch).

The more you sell, the better bulk hardware (increases in RAM/decreases in cost) order you can manage... but for 10,000~ units you'll need somebody with feet on the ground in China to deal with the local team. plus QA and taxes and lawyers and.. ARGGHHHHH

plus, should have an open and detailed platform with a threat model and design documentation before you even start.

Which OS/disto?, which packages/why these packages?, GCsecurity? firewall? administration UX? Update path? Stretch goals?! Feature set? Less is more in this kind of thing...

I've tried and failed to get seed funding in Australia. There is a Startup culture in SA, but it's mostly PR.

That said, I would love to see a lot more activity in our beautiful country but don't expect any support from the government or business sectors... unless you know somebody ;)

Hey Microsoft, where can I buy one of these octobrella?

Nods. Makes sense.

So we're looking at the gmx.com account being legitimately hacked -- but Satoshi had good enough opsec to not leak anything interesting from the account.

The hacker gained access to the gmx.com mailbox - resets all of the third party accounts and still comes out with nothing of value?!!

1) So he has to fake an invoice to gain media buzz? I don't buy it.

2) What's in the outbox?

So we're looking at the gmx.com account being legitimately hacked -- but Satoshi had good enough opsec to not leak anything interesting from the account.

The hacker gained access to the gmx.com mailbox - resets all of the third party accounts and still comes out with nothing of value?!!

1) So he has to fake an invoice to gain media buzz? I don't buy it.

2) What's in the outbox?

Sad story if this is true. Regardless, I'm not shocked that the gmx was hacked..

I'm shocked nobody at cardreaderfactory.com hasn't leaked the invoice or any of the other third party companies he's likely had direct business with -- If he's just shipping stock to his home. ETA til their customer DB is dumped?