RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 21 days agoFBI couldn't get my husband to decrypt his Tor node so he was jailed for 3 yearsold.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-221 days agoYeah, not surprised. The original poster clearly “forgot” to mention some critical details in order to make themselves look like victims. I wouldn’t doubt the FBI did some unethical things, but let’s not pretend the claim is trustworthy.
minus-squareSL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoSeeing that CFAA charges almost always lead to convictions (proving a minor TOS violation seems pretty easy) pleading guilty often looks like the best way. Not going to dispute you, allegedly deleting the whole backbone of a company is not a “minor workplace dispute”. But Police conduct seems weird, too. Not unusual, just weird and a tad too many coincidences. Not sure we are seeing the whole picture.
Yeah, not surprised. The original poster clearly “forgot” to mention some critical details in order to make themselves look like victims.
I wouldn’t doubt the FBI did some unethical things, but let’s not pretend the claim is trustworthy.
Seeing that CFAA charges almost always lead to convictions (proving a minor TOS violation seems pretty easy) pleading guilty often looks like the best way.
Not going to dispute you, allegedly deleting the whole backbone of a company is not a “minor workplace dispute”. But Police conduct seems weird, too. Not unusual, just weird and a tad too many coincidences. Not sure we are seeing the whole picture.