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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by barrkel on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:00PM (#22300710)
AIUI it was a speedbump for Ulbricht; didn't they need to ambush him in a library in order to ensure they had access to his laptop's contents?

(I mean, sure, it didn't protect him in the end. But it was a speedbump.)

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by pvg on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:30PM (#22301788)
ambush him in a library

Someone started talking to him while someone else snagged his laptop - a thing you and a friend can do to more or less anyone. It's not like people rappelled down from helicopters with guns drawn.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by missingrib on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:24PM (#22302410)
They developed USBKill right after to prevent against stuff like this. That said, I'm sure the FBI knows about that now as well and would avoid sticking USBs into computers they want to target randomly.

But, there are also other tools out there.

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Re:How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on c... by nyolfen on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:56PM (#22301412)
this is true but i wouldnt count on it as evidence either way; fbi would not have nsa tools
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