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Re:Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through securit... by eridius on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:45PM (#14931500)
You're commenting on an article about how the FBI arrested someone for creating malware. If you haven't been creating malware, then I don't see how this article has anything to do with the issues you face as someone with a middle-eastern last who uses privacy tools like Tor. Hutchins wasn't targeted because of CBP's stance on things it associates with terrorism. He was targeted because the FBI believes he authored malware.
Re:Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through securit... by mintplant on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:30PM (#14931977)
Believe it or not, it's possible to be suspected or even accused of something you didn't actually do, whether through a misunderstanding or otherwise. And factors such as ethnicity and personal associations can influence the chance of this occurring.
Re:Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through securit... by eridius on Friday August 04, 2017 @05:21PM (#14932388)
Hutchens is a British man, not someone of an ethnicity that makes people wary. The arrest of Hutchens shouldn't have any relevance whatsoever to worries about being flagged for ethnicity.