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While I appreciate the intent of this and other "chaff" tools, I can't help but think ten years from now I'll be seated under a single 200W light bulb hanging f

While I appreciate the intent of this and other "chaff" tools, I can't help but think ten years from now I'll be seated under a single 200W light bulb hanging from a string while some federal official with 100,000 printed out pages of logs sneers at me saying "and then on December 10th of 2023 you visited www.elderlydogswhosquirt.com. You disgust me." And then I try to explain how it was the bots in my computer, not me. The bots I tell ya!

jstarfish 8y ago
The scarier scenario is being on the witness stand while the prosecutor presents the same list to a jury of yokels.
polaritron 8y ago
I mean, they'll just toss a $500 bribe to a Geek Squad employee, and have them spray your hard drive with "illegal data." https://fortune.com/2018/03/07/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-informants/ https://fortune.com/2018/03/07/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-infor... https://www.newsweek.com/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-informants-834846 https://www.newsweek.com/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-informants-... https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/fbi-geek-squad-best-buy-relationship-closer.html https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/fbi-geek-squad-best-buy... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-geek-squad-customer-data-seach_us_5aa004b3e4b002df2c5fc9bc https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-geek-squad-customer... https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/07/591698708/fbi-used-paid-informants-on-best-buys-geek-squad-to-flag-child-pornography https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/07/591698708... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationship-fbi-cozier-we-thought https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationsh... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/04/03/records-show-deep-ties-between-fbi-and-best-buy-computer-technicians-looking-for-child-porn/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7d7a874f4fce https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/04/03...

jstarfish 8y ago

The scarier scenario is being on the witness stand while the prosecutor presents the same list to a jury of yokels.

polaritron 8y ago

I mean, they'll just toss a $500 bribe to a Geek Squad employee, and have them spray your hard drive with "illegal data." https://fortune.com/2018/03/07/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-informants/ https://fortune.com/2018/03/07/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-infor... https://www.newsweek.com/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-informants-834846 https://www.newsweek.com/best-buy-geek-squad-fbi-informants-... https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/fbi-geek-squad-best-buy-relationship-closer.html https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/fbi-geek-squad-best-buy... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-geek-squad-customer-data-seach_us_5aa004b3e4b002df2c5fc9bc https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-geek-squad-customer... https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/07/591698708/fbi-used-paid-informants-on-best-buys-geek-squad-to-flag-child-pornography https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/07/591698708... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationship-fbi-cozier-we-thought https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/geek-squads-relationsh... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/04/03/records-show-deep-ties-between-fbi-and-best-buy-computer-technicians-looking-for-child-porn/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7d7a874f4fce https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/04/03...