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> Agents built a detailed financial picture of Larry. Inspecting his cloud accounts... Scariest part of the article.

by froggertoaster 4y ago

zepppotemkin 4y ago
why? i'm sure they had a warrent
- richbell 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM
  - kube-system 4y ago
    Irrelevant. If they have a warrant they can physically knock down your door and search your underwear drawer.
    - richbell 4y ago
      Surely it's relevant to point out their long history of illegal surveillance and parallel construction? I'm not claiming that this was the case here, I just don't think the government deserves the benefit of the doubt.
      - kube-system 4y ago
        We don’t need to guess, the article says: > Working with Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company, the agents studied thousands of Helix transactions, subpoenaed emails, and ultimately found one involving a website that allows users to buy gift cards with Bitcoin. An email associated with Larry was used to open the account. If you’ve got an email address associated with a Google account, it’s a plain old warrant.
6c737133 4y ago
scary? did you just wake from a 15 year coma? you store anything in a big-corp cloud, which you haven't personally encrypted, with keys that only you possess, then assume it's all backed up in fed repos (somewhat hyperbolic, especially for non-crims, but not far fetched by any means) that's neither new, nor news (sadly)
- newZWhoDis 4y ago
  This is why I don’t bother with RAID (besides 0). If a drive ever fails I just FOIA NSA and all my data shows up a few weeks later, usually with a nasty letter about how this is the last time
  - tomrod 4y ago
    This legitimately made me guffaw. Well done.
  - michaelrpeskin 4y ago
    I actually did this when it was time to renew my SF 86. I didn’t want to remember all the names and addresses and phone numbers from the last time. So I just did a FOIA on myself and the emailed me my last form already filled out.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      What’s an SF 86?
      - JohnSmitty32 4y ago
        Security clearance
- jjulius 4y ago
  "New" isn't a prerequisite for "scary".
- froggertoaster 4y ago

> Agents built a detailed financial picture of Larry. Inspecting his cloud accounts... Scariest part of the article.

zepppotemkin 4y ago

why? i'm sure they had a warrent

richbell 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM
- kube-system 4y ago
  Irrelevant. If they have a warrant they can physically knock down your door and search your underwear drawer.
  - richbell 4y ago
    Surely it's relevant to point out their long history of illegal surveillance and parallel construction? I'm not claiming that this was the case here, I just don't think the government deserves the benefit of the doubt.
    - kube-system 4y ago
      We don’t need to guess, the article says: > Working with Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company, the agents studied thousands of Helix transactions, subpoenaed emails, and ultimately found one involving a website that allows users to buy gift cards with Bitcoin. An email associated with Larry was used to open the account. If you’ve got an email address associated with a Google account, it’s a plain old warrant.

6c737133 4y ago

scary? did you just wake from a 15 year coma? you store anything in a big-corp cloud, which you haven't personally encrypted, with keys that only you possess, then assume it's all backed up in fed repos (somewhat hyperbolic, especially for non-crims, but not far fetched by any means) that's neither new, nor news (sadly)

newZWhoDis 4y ago
This is why I don’t bother with RAID (besides 0). If a drive ever fails I just FOIA NSA and all my data shows up a few weeks later, usually with a nasty letter about how this is the last time
- tomrod 4y ago
  This legitimately made me guffaw. Well done.
- michaelrpeskin 4y ago
  I actually did this when it was time to renew my SF 86. I didn’t want to remember all the names and addresses and phone numbers from the last time. So I just did a FOIA on myself and the emailed me my last form already filled out.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    What’s an SF 86?
    - JohnSmitty32 4y ago
      Security clearance
jjulius 4y ago
"New" isn't a prerequisite for "scary".
froggertoaster 4y ago