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You’d think these folks would takeout cash, go to Walmart and buy a laptop which they only use at public hotspot locations. To later dispose of. Still traceable

You’d think these folks would takeout cash, go to Walmart and buy a laptop which they only use at public hotspot locations. To later dispose of. Still traceable but a lot harder

jandrese 2y ago
That's a lot of effort. No point getting into crime if you're going to have to work so much. The other way to think about it is these people were caught because they were being so blatant about it. There are probably lots more cases like this where the criminals are a tiny bit smarter about covering their tracks.
wildzzz 2y ago
They got DPR that way. Distracted him at a coffee shop while he was logged into his computer and snatched it. If he had just been at home on a VPN, he probably wouldn't have gotten snagged. They knew who he was already but needed that laptop to prove it.
- more_corn 2y ago
  He was at the library not a coffee shop. I bet they still could have got him at home: Swat kicks he door in, shit! Lock the laptop! Slams the lid. Notorious Linux suspend bug kicks in and it fails to suspend. (You can tell because the fans keep going) Shit. Open, slam, open, slam. Hang on guys, I need to like modprobe or something… Shit those bracelets hurt.
- etc-hosts 2y ago
  Ross had a long history of accessing internet resources on the internet without going through TOR, such as his email acct. Also he has an email acct ! He had fake IDs shipped to his home address through USPS. The federal agencies definitely knew who he was already. The scene in the library is noteworthy but they would have Got Him without it.