4 ms·If they had his hardware for a year I don't think they would need him to trigger a hidden payload.by Timpy 7y agoIf they had his hardware for a year I don't think they would need him to trigger a hidden payload.voxic11 7y agoIts to allow them to continue monitoring his activities going forward, without the need for annoying warrants and physical searches.marblar 7y agoI think the point is that they could have just installed the malware since they had physical possession for an entire year.tjoff 7y agoAnd the counterpoint is that he'd obviously got a new computer and any further surveillance would benefit from access to that one.Timpy 7y agoThat's a good point. I was assuming the old hard drive was loaded on old equipment but that's not necessarily the case.