[kore]

The mentions of his security concerns reminded me of this: http://grugq.github.io/blog/2013/06/14/you-cant-get-there-fr...

"As a thought experiment, imagine that Osama bin Laden was still alive and that he used the Tor network to do a Reddit AMA once a month. How long do you imagine it would take for the US to find and neutralize him? I posted this question on Twitter and, while responses varied, ex-NSA Global Network Exploitation Analyst Charlie Miller guessed one to two months. I would be very surprised if it took more than three."

[rtb]

"neutralize"? Say what you really mean.

[acomar]

I think it's intended more technically than what the other posters are inferring. I.e. the gov't doesn't care if he's dead, disabled, or otherwise unable to continue. Any and all of the above are intended by neutralize, and I think it's being used precisely rather than euphemistically.

[Ygg2]

Reminds me of the George Carlin's sketch on political correctness. Eventually "neutralize" will be replaced by "moved aside" or "inconvenienced".

[jlgreco]

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Euphemism#Euphemism_treadmill

[PavlovsCat]

also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cake3bwnY

[xmcri]

Probably "kill". I don't think that was the point though.

[xmcri]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5893145