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Re:Playpen: The Story of the FBI’s Unprecedented and Illegal... by nylsaar on Friday September 23, 2016 @01:06AM (#12562446)
To me, the disturbing thing is the FBI took over the Tor node, moved the content to a FBI server, and ran it for two weeks.

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https://news.bitcoin.com/fbi-child-porn-role-govt/

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Re:Playpen: The Story of the FBI’s Unprecedented and Illegal... by phkahler on Friday September 23, 2016 @09:20AM (#12564339)
>> To me, the disturbing thing is the FBI took over the Tor node, moved the content to a FBI server, and ran it for two weeks.

Yeah, why don't they just run a porn site full time? Is the limited duration an admission that they shouldn't use that method? Why not continue if it's so effective?

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