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US: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted apps (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] Snowclone 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you read a lot of news, it's really clear Tor isn't protecting anyone from the FBI. It's about as effective as using limewire at this point. Which also, the reporting makes it pretty clear it's not effective to hide criminal acts in the least. But it's pretty great abusers think it's effective so they get caught.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you read the news it's really clear people commit opsec mistakes - all it takes is one - and get caught.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Shhh I want an excuse to not protect my privacy, it's hard

[–] Snowclone 1 points 3 months ago

The inciting thought of most criminal acts is ''they'll never catch me''. Which if you're as lucky as me, you'll know you'll get caught everytime, and they'll make an example of you. It's kept my nose clean a long time.