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They caught him because he was signed into the wifi network using his personal credentials. Had he went to a Starbucks or McDonalds we'd be having a different d
by millzlane 13y ago
They caught him because he was signed into the wifi network using his personal credentials. Had he went to a Starbucks or McDonalds we'd be having a different discussion.
- peter303 13y agoHe would have been on survellience video in both of those places
- cantfindmypass 13y agoBut would they have known to look there?
- shawabawa3 13y agoSit in your car/on a bench outside mcdonalds/starbucks in a security camera blindspot? edit: Or how about a prepaid cell phone 3g connection?
- Robin_Message 13y agoHowever, his use of Tor would mean the authorities wouldn't know which surveillance video to look at. He was caught because they probably assumed the threat was an internal hoax, checked the logs and found only one or a few internal users on Tor at the right time, then got a police officer to ask each of them if they had done anything wrong [1]. One confessed, and there you go. Morale of the story: don't do illegal things, and if you do want to do illegal things, have a cover story and don't admit things based on inferences from investigators. [1] In fact, they probably overrepresented the evidence and then left him to talk himself into being convicted.