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> You need something not for when your laptop is removed from you, but when you are removed from your laptop. Yeah, this wouldn't have saved the admin of Alpha
by somedude895 5y ago
> You need something not for when your laptop is removed from you, but when you are removed from your laptop.
Yeah, this wouldn't have saved the admin of Alphabay, a now defunct darknet market. The FBI staged a car crash outside his house so when he'd come out to see what was going on they could arrest him and likely get to his laptop while it was unlocked. Then again, he really shouldn't have left his computer unlocked.
- mdrzn 5y ago> Alphabay Related video is all I could find about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXrXD1M6kXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXrXD1M6kXk
- alias_neo 5y agoThat seems like a great expense to go to for the sake of a possibility the guy might do more than peek out of the window and then go back to what they were doing. Surely there were a bunch of other options to consider before "let's stage a car crash"?
- somedude895 5y agoI heard the story on the Darknet Diaries podcast. This article on Vice[0] seems to confirm it: > Phirippidis told the audience that the bureau managed to corner Cazes and arrest him while he was still logged in as the admin of AlphaBay by ramming a car through the front gate of his home in Thailand. [0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/59wwxx/fbi-airs-alexandre-cazes-alphabay-arrest-video https://www.vice.com/en/article/59wwxx/fbi-airs-alexandre-ca...
- alias_neo 5y agoThanks for the link, that was an interesting read. The part abour crashing it through his front gate makes it more likely he'll respond which makes more sense.