I'm sure it was fake, but point still stands, LE can seize Bitcoin. I've got family with a large police agency and he absolutely can and has tracked and seized Bitcoin.
Hitting someone with a $5 wrench until they give you their private encryption keys is not cracking/hacking or seizing. That's plain and simply torture, and the human is the weak spot, not the computer.
Criminals get caught all the time, not because NSA runs a magic supercomputer in their basement, but simply because of human errors and small mistakes which allows the police to find you.
I'm sure it was fake, but point still stands, LE can seize Bitcoin. I've got family with a large police agency and he absolutely can and has tracked and seized Bitcoin.
Hitting someone with a $5 wrench until they give you their private encryption keys is not cracking/hacking or seizing. That's plain and simply torture, and the human is the weak spot, not the computer.
Criminals get caught all the time, not because NSA runs a magic supercomputer in their basement, but simply because of human errors and small mistakes which allows the police to find you.