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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by alasdair_ on Thursday February 11, 2021 @12:55AM (#26098688)
This is pretty much how Scott Albrecht of Silk Road was caught. The police caused a distraction the grabbed his unlocked laptop while he was at a cafe.

Of course, maybe bringing an unlocked laptop with details of your drug empire to a cafe wasn’t the best opsec out there.

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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by skinkestek on Thursday February 11, 2021 @05:27AM (#26100047)
> Of course, maybe bringing an unlocked laptop with details of your drug empire to a cafe wasn’t the best opsec out there.

Consistently running your drug empire from your home isn't good enough opsec either when you have a nation state targetting you.

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Re:Evidence that the FBI can hack into private Signal messag... by powellzer on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:56AM (#26099278)
Ross Ulbricht, it was at a public library, and it was a darknet marketplace not a drug empire but they sure did make an example out of him. Free Ross.
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