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Hilarious case in point https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carl-stewart-drug-dealer-identified-cheese-photo-encrochat/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carl-stewart-drug

• mvdtnz 2y ago
  I don't buy that they got his fingerprints and palm prints from that photo.
  • wongarsu 2y ago
    Why not? Seems like a pretty clear shot of three of his fingers and a good partial print of his thumb. I assume the original was higher resolution than the version in the article. The CCC made a point a couple years ago by publishing finger prints of high ranking German government officials extracted from photos
    • machine_coffee 2y ago
      I think they went even further and 3d printed their thumbprint and unlocked their phone with it, if I remember correctly.
      • GoblinSlayer 2y ago
        Just change your thumbprint after a leak, no problem.
        • dylan604 2y ago
          A dedicated criminal wouldn’t have fingerprints.
    • datavirtue 2y ago
      Fingerprint tech is ridiculously advanced. I saw a documentary where they lifted a print off a pillow case decades later.
  • Kostchei 2y ago
    I did fingerprints from a digital photo in 2012 maybe earlier. Old mate was holding up drugs to be photographed. Bit of contrast, blew it up, sent it to fingerprint bureau and what would you know, we had those prints on file. Not the crime of the century and not absolute proof, but a damn good start for a case from a simple post on socials. More useful than most intel/hearsay that ends up in crimestoppers or similar channels.
    • normie3000 2y ago
      No longer a friend?
      • wipash 2y ago
        "Old mate" is an Australian/NZ colloquial term for someone who you either don't know or don't want to name.
• Zambyte 2y ago
  The ads under that article are about as funny as the article itself. Lots of hilariously bad AI generated images and stuff
  • pavel_lishin 2y ago
    You don't run an adblocker?
    • hluska 2y ago
      Clearly they don’t.
      • chatmasta 2y ago
        Maybe his comment is an opsec deflection strategy.
• bandrami 2y ago
  Remember when the NYT published a high-res, straight-on photo of the TSA luggage master key? Good times.
  • malfist 2y ago
    It's not like you can't find them on Amazon for cheap. There's also more than one master key it's a whole set. That said, when the lock picking lawyer bought a bunch of TSA locks, they all used master key #7 I think.
  • Aloisius 2y ago
    Eh. Wasn’t a big deal honestly. It takes little effort to reproduce the key by disassembling the lock to get access to the plug.
• eterm 2y ago
  I assume the original was a lot higher resolution, else that stinks of parallel reconstruction.
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  • hnuser123456 2y ago
    The article also mentioned the whole platform he was using was cracked by police. They might have been able to get the metadata but not want to explain that to others still using that platform.
• meigwilym 2y ago
  The BBC made a good podcast about the busting of Enchrochat. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v9ds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v9ds Possibly/probably only available to UK IP addresses.
  • af78 2y ago
    Plays fine in France.
  • frereubu 2y ago
    I think most audio-only BBC programmes are available globally, even if they sometimes have ads inserted into them which aren't present if you're in the UK.
  • coryfklein 2y ago
    Here's a direct podcast URL you can add via your favorite podcast app: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/gangster/id1562843329 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/gangster/id1562843329
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