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"The old ways" doesn't have to be without using technology, what I mean by "old ways" is actually without having complete access to all the information. I don't
by mrtksn 5y ago
"The old ways" doesn't have to be without using technology, what I mean by "old ways" is actually without having complete access to all the information. I don't say go tap phone lines, what I say is do the investigations without having access on every single thing that every one said or thought. Go seize servers, go install fake GSM towers to target the people under investigation.
I don't see why not having access to complete communications should warrant Mad Max. You don't need to have access to everyones data to notice that kids are disappearing or firearms are being traded or something like that.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoThe old ways also hinged on people actually meeting up, on criminal enterprises producing a legible paper trail. Seizing encrypted hardware or intercepting encrypted traffic just doesn't work. We also mustn't forget that an integral part of old fashioned policework is just grabbing some random homeless person found in the area and beating them with a nightstick until they admit to the crime.