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Every part of this feels like a terrible idea, and, if anything, stands more of a chance of plausibly associating someone to the very activity which they are tr
by jamesbrownuhh 11y ago
Every part of this feels like a terrible idea, and, if anything, stands more of a chance of plausibly associating someone to the very activity which they are trying to (literally) distance themselves from.
"It wasn't me, I was miles away" - "Yes, and we know that you possess a long-range aerial, and have bought these parts online, and we have CCTV recordings of someone who looks roughly like you, entering this building and placing your equipment therein. Guilty."
- notahacker 11y agoYeah, this is pretty much the Streisand Effect for spooks. I'd imagine the efforts they'll put into cracking the encryption and triangulating the end user after someone reports the appearance of a mystery box in their cafe/library make the user's communications several orders of magnitude more likely to be listened in on and their identity several orders of magnitude more likely to be exposed than someone who just encrypts their communications and doesn't use the internet at home.