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Pointing back to a government domain is not how nation state monitoring infrastructure is set up.
by galacticaactual 7y ago
Pointing back to a government domain is not how nation state monitoring infrastructure is set up.
- save_ferris 7y agoSure, this isn't a comprehensive strategy, but you'd be amazed at how far behind some of those agencies are in terms of day-to-day operations for investigations. A relative of mine works at FBI and several years back he told me a story about how an investigation into an organized crime syndicate was blown up because an agent on the case was dumb enough to check out the target's LinkedIn profile while he was logged into his own real account. So the target got a notification that Joe Blow from the FBI had just viewed his profile. Over a year of work down the drain with a single GET request, crazy.
- galacticaactual 7y agoMy issue is the confidence with which the author presupposes that the existence of this code on sites indicates seizure or utilization in an investigation. It is a lazy position that leaves others (i.e. HN readers in this thread) with a little more intellectual horsepower to evaluate the other - and frankly more realistic - alternatives.
- not_a_moth 7y agoWhat are the more realistic alternatives?
- mimi89999 7y agoPlease see my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22970996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22970996
- galacticaactual 7y agoPlease refer to the (current) top comment.
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