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The thing that most people don't realize is that it isn't as easy as most people think or how he makes it sound. It's very similar to building a passive income product. You invest a lot of work up front for an "easy" payout later.

It may only take him an hour or two a day to manage the network but I doubt that's all the time he spends on it. From reading the AMA and my own personal experience I bet this guy spends much of his time researching tools, improving his code, testing AV software, and browsing / contributing to "industry" forums. This isn't even taking into account the time he spent upfront before it made him any money.

It may be something he enjoys but it's not as easy as clicking a few buttons every day and watching the money pile up. It's sad to think that all this time could be spent building a legitimate product instead of something like this.



Wait until he gets those handcuffs on, then we'll talk about how high the investment in time really was.

Next up: I thought I was hot stuff, now I'm a convict, ask me anything.


I think your faith in the justice system (especially considering the technical nature of this redditor's activities) is unfounded.


This guy is begging to get caught with the amount of attention he draws. It's a matter of time.


Do you think anyone in a governmental capacity will take this Reddit and start an investigation? I'd like to think so, but sadly doubt it. There might be a couple of vigilante efforts though.




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