I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raided (2015)

Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by biot on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:30AM (#21992873)

Or leaving the .docx file was intentional and by opening it, the guy triggered a hidden payload which installs malware which the police use to monitor him.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by Timpy on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:10PM (#21993375)

If they had his hardware for a year I don't think they would need him to trigger a hidden payload.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by voxic11 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:38PM (#21993730)

Its to allow them to continue monitoring his activities going forward, without the need for annoying warrants and physical searches.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by marblar on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:13PM (#21994111)

I think the point is that they could have just installed the malware since they had physical possession for an entire year.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by tjoff on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:55PM (#21996659)

And the counterpoint is that he'd obviously got a new computer and any further surveillance would benefit from access to that one.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by Timpy on Thursday January 09, 2020 @08:22AM (#22000941)

That's a good point. I was assuming the old hard drive was loaded on old equipment but that's not necessarily the case.

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Re:I opened a link some random person sent me and I got raid... by ohithereyou on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:39PM (#21996087)

Why would you ever spin those drives up again? I'd sledgehammer them just to make sure.

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