I wonder how people get busted for using Bitcoin when it is supposed to have anonymity? Anyway, still good that a supporter was busted!

You know damn well what god they represent, and that particular cult is well-represented on bitcointalk too.  People who believe in all these superstitions are delusional, to say the least.  I've recently been condemned by allah for tagging shitposters, and I'm sure I'm destined to burn in whatever hell these posters think exists for people who actually care about the quality of posts on bitcointalk.

*Ahem*

The media will likely blow this one out of proportion, since bitcoin has been big news as of late--but whether ISIS uses bitcoin or bricks of gold, it doesn't matter.  Dollar bills aren't tainted goods because they've been rolled up to sniff cocaine with, are they?  A lot of things have been used for bad purposes, but the provenance of a given form of money doesn't matter to most rational people, does it?

Ohhhh...it doesn't have nearly the amount of anonymity that some folks claim.  There's no more Silk Road, is there.

As someone else has said, Bitcoin is not completely anonymous.

The woman had to have gotten the coins from somewhere, maybe even an exchange. She likely had the same assumption as you, that Bitcoin was completely anonymous, and the numbers reflected on transactions couldn't be traced back to her. I'm also sure that some intelligence agencies are monitoring ISIS Bitcoin addresses that pop up so they could go after their sympathizers, and it worked in this case. Once you have two end points like that, it shouldn't be hard for anyone to track you.

I'm glad she got busted because it dispels the notion that Bitcoin is perfect for terrorism. Also, anyone who supports ISIS is an idiot who deserves to be secluded from society.

I completely support your statement here. Because of these reasons bitcoin is getting a bad name in the global market. It is being widely used for money laundering and terrorism financing and that is what every governments want to curb down. These are strong points basis which a government can ban bitcoin and we have nothing to counter them. We are normal people who are trying to earn some bitcoins to live a decent life but these animals are making it harder for us.

two things:
either this is a government oriented attack against bitcoin by spreading some bullshit news about some random incident and making the bitcoin part of it bold.
or there was really such an idiot to do this with bitcoin and not with the real currency that has been used for years to fund terrorists: US dollar. which is not only easy to obtain but also easy to spend and also impossible to track.
whereas bitcoin is hard to obtain, extremely hard to spend and easy to track.

It's really annoying to hear such news because this type of news is always trying to attack the reputation of Bitcoin indirectly. I know that these days Bitcoin is being used by terrorists and other organizations due to its privacy and nature, but unfortunately those who get trapped into such kind of stuff are illiterate and non-technical.

I feel bad for her because I think that her burst was planned to affect the reputation of Bitcoin, and she unfortunately became prey to that plan. I am really not sure about the exact story of that woman, but still what happened to her was horrible. And, it is somewhat an alarming news for those using Bitcoins for such activities. They should be stop all of their terrorism related activities, and should not use Bitcoin for any of their destructive intentions.

Bitcoin should be used for good activities only and those who think that Bitcoin is anonymous and untraceable are illiterates because they don't read enough and aren't into research at all. People should get proper knowledge about something before adding that thing into their lives.

Correct or not, it's something that can and has been happening.

One of the reason is anonymity, why governments of some countries doesn't legalizes cryptocurrency.
Governments concerns are terrorist funding and money laundering with bitcoin due to the nature of its anonymity. We all know this!

After this incident governments got a proven reason for not to legalize cryptocurrency. I am not talking about all the countries, at least some of them or maybe all of them 

Few days ago I've seen in McAfee's twitter profile that a Nigerian terrorist group tried to raise fund through ICO. 

More restrictions are yet to come for crypto world from all over the world.

The lady got busted because she use it in a wrong way. For me Bitcoin is not illegal if you earn and use it in a good and legal way. Though even if she send real money to ISIS she will still get busted as well. ISIS are a dangerous sect, so government will surely monitor every transactions connecting to ISIS and surely get busted.