Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road | Lex Fridman Podcast #340

Chris Tarbell is a former FBI special agent and cybercrime investigation specialist who brought down Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road, and Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) of LulzSec and Anonymous. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - True Classic Tees: https://trueclassictees.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex to get 25% off premium EPISODE LINKS: Hacker And The Fed podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/hacker-and-the-fed/id1649541362 Naxo: https://naxo.com/who-we-are PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:16 - Silk Road 11:39 - Mass surveillance 15:50 - Operation Onion Peeler 21:06 - Hacker Avunit 31:56 - Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road 44:39 - Edward Snowden 46:44 - NSA surveillance 58:51 - Silk Road murders 1:07:37 - Dark web 1:11:39 - Ross Ulbricht's arrest 1:19:37 - Aaron Swartz 1:22:55 - Donald Trump and the Mar-a-Lago raid 1:26:01 - Tech companies and censorship 1:35:00 - War in Ukraine 1:38:58 - Anonymous and LulzSec 1:49:10 - FBI 1:52:11 - Personal threats 1:57:57 - Hector Monsegur a.k.a Sabu 2:11:07 - Cyber attack threats against civilians 2:27:55 - Most secure operating system 2:31:44 - Cyber war 2:39:38 - Advice for young people 2:44:50 - FBI's credibility 2:53:21 - Love SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman