Tor developer dodges FBI, leaves US

Re: Tor developer dodges FBI, leaves US by openasocket on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:04PM (#11725405)

> Would she be strip-searched, and held in solitary confinement for hours (even after family and friends posted bail), with no explanation? Would she face the prospect of indefinite imprisonment if she refused to disclose the passphrases to any of her encrypted devices?

Has the FBI done this before? I could see the CIA doing this to foreign nationals, and obviously that's horrible, but has the FBI done anything like that? I'm not saying they haven't, I would just like an example or two.

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Re: Tor developer dodges FBI, leaves US by kafkaesq on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:35PM (#11725686)

I was referring to what happened to Aaron Swartz in the aftermath of his arrest, according to various sources. For a suspected transgression of far lesser significance.

Whether the FBI was involved in that particular aspect of his ordeal, I can't say.

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Re: Tor developer dodges FBI, leaves US by franciscop on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:20PM (#11725542)

Yes, it was yesterday on HN but I cannot seem to find it.

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Re: Tor developer dodges FBI, leaves US by chadcatlett on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @04:25PM (#11725585)

I suspect you are referring to this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11712035

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Re: Tor developer dodges FBI, leaves US by dTal on Friday May 20, 2016 @10:24AM (#11737996)

Slight nitpick - they're asking him to enter the password, not disclose it. I'm not sure how much difference it makes but the distinction is specifically mentioned in the article.

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