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Re:Judge: child porn evidence obtained via FBI’s Tor hack mu... by acveilleux on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @08:42AM (#12547632)
Parallel reconstruction is not so easy when the case is already at trial as you can bet the defendant will not be doing whatever it is law enforcement need to now find evidence of. Time machines are still not available.
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Re:Judge: child porn evidence obtained via FBI’s Tor hack mu... by pilif on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:27AM (#12547920)
No. But they can find other means of proving that the defendant has done what you know they have done.
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Re:Judge: child porn evidence obtained via FBI’s Tor hack mu... by onlycommenting on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:49AM (#12548104)
I agree with everything you've said thus far, however, I'm still curious as to how the Π would go about reconstruction w/out using their already gathered knowledge to get warrants/subpoenas.

They could hope the ∆ was using BT and had their IP logged for downloading copyrighted material. Then maybe request a warrant for their computer that way but that seems like a stretch.

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Re:Judge: child porn evidence obtained via FBI’s Tor hack mu... by okwhatthe2 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:36AM (#12547999)
> you know

Ignorance like this is a large part of the problem with the world.

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