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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by markvdb on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @02:52PM (#24992437)
Two words unfortunately: parallel construction. [0]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by Sargos on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @09:45PM (#24995230)
This seems so evil yet it's an accepted part of law?
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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by Fnoord on Thursday November 05, 2020 @08:26AM (#24998008)
It might be applied for good and evil. Sometimes, a government does not want to give details because they want to reuse the method. Consider, for example, the FBI found a vulnerability in Tor, and does not want to disclose it yet does want to prosecute the perpetrator behind Silk Road.
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