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No I haven't created or sold malware. But i have this; A middle-eastern last name, I use Tor, I use Linux, and I use Telegram, I am active in the field of IT a
by flipp3r 9y ago
No I haven't created or sold malware.
But i have this; A middle-eastern last name, I use Tor, I use Linux, and I use Telegram, I am active in the field of IT and especially enjoy IT security.
I know that I can be held indefinitely if I visit the USA. In the USA you're guilty until proven innocent, unlike the rest of the western world. Simply going to the USA is more risk than it is for practically every other country. Well, for me, and a lot of people like me.
That's what my comment was about.
EDIT: How is it relevant to the article? Well, he is an IT security specialist who wanted to visit DEFCON. Yes, I understand what he did was wrong, it was his own risk.
- watty 9y agoOk... but what does that have to do with this article or these comments? In this case a banking trojan creator was arrested. He wasn't middle eastern, he wasn't arrested for using Tor, Linux, or Telegram.
- eridius 9y agoYou're commenting on an article about how the FBI arrested someone for creating malware. If you haven't been creating malware, then I don't see how this article has anything to do with the issues you face as someone with a middle-eastern last who uses privacy tools like Tor. Hutchins wasn't targeted because of CBP's stance on things it associates with terrorism. He was targeted because the FBI believes he authored malware.
- mintplant 9y agoBelieve it or not, it's possible to be suspected or even accused of something you didn't actually do, whether through a misunderstanding or otherwise. And factors such as ethnicity and personal associations can influence the chance of this occurring.
- eridius 9y agoHutchens is a British man, not someone of an ethnicity that makes people wary. The arrest of Hutchens shouldn't have any relevance whatsoever to worries about being flagged for ethnicity.