In October 2017, a SWAT team descended on Jameson Lopp’s house in North Carolina. After the police left, Mr. Lopp received a call threatening more mayhem if he did not make a large ransom payment in Bitcoin. To scare off future attackers, Mr. Lopp quickly posted a video on Twitter of himself firing off his Kel-Tec 12 gauge shotgun . But he wanted to do it without giving up internet access and moving to a shack in the woods. Many celebrities and wealthy people, wary of thieves, paparazzi and other predators, have tried to achieve Mr. Lopp’s vision of complete privacy.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2019 09:00 UTC