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They can still prosecute anyone they caught by independent means. It's just a matter of having some other way to search their computers, which is just a formali
by WildUtah 10y ago
They can still prosecute anyone they caught by independent means. It's just a matter of having some other way to search their computers, which is just a formality in most prosecutions. It's exceedingly easy to get a warrant against anyone these days; that's why they have parallel construction.
- rincebrain 10y agoThe problem appears to be that they didn't doso, and they took over the site for ~2w before shutting it down, so they no longer _could_ doso if they wanted to. I'm entertained that they're going to such lengths essentially to conceal their 0days. Did they assume the judges were just going to let them skirt by without verifying how they identified people? You'd think they'd have learned from the days of IDing piracy by IP address that it's generally not going to fly any more.
- WildUtah 10y agoGiving up cases only if a competent public defender wants proof of guilt, including technology used, is a longstanding practice. [0] Then you underfund the PDs and live content that criminals rich enough to have a lawyer will often go free. It's a beautiful justice system. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker
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