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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by encryptluks2 on Monday May 10, 2021 @02:50PM (#27109437)
Because he walked away from his computer and left it unlocked. Wear a hidden bluetooth device or something to lock your computer and use USBGuard if you're that worried.
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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by bawolff on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:44PM (#27110026)
I feel that, at the point where the fbi is trying to distract you by making out so they could steal your laptop, its already too late and you are very screwed.

Maybe a bluetooth autolocking thing could have delayed the inevitable, but it would just be a delay.

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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by encryptluks2 on Monday May 10, 2021 @05:47PM (#27111281)
Not really. Wish proper encryption and a USB safe list, once the computer is locked there isn't much they can do.
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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by bawolff on Monday May 10, 2021 @06:43PM (#27111769)
They can watch you for the rest of your life, interrogate you, etc.

Presumably they acted the way they did because they had reasonable belief that their plan would work. If Ross behaved differently i assume they would have a different plan of action

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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by flatiron on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:04PM (#27109561)
IIRC he was still sitting at the computer. They just distracted him to turn around and then they swiped it.
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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by jandrese on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:40PM (#27109977)
They literally snuck up behind him and swiped it out of his hands. He was seated with his back to the door, one of his many opsec failures.
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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by encryptluks2 on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:23PM (#27109752)
Regardless, USBGuard and a hidden bluetooth device to automatically lock when it leaves a certain radius would have likely prevented any issues.
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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by michaelt on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:55AM (#27115821)
Ulbricht was arrested in 2013. USBGuard and usbkill were released in 2015.

Tough to do encryptluks2-approved opsec if you have to use tools that don't exist.

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Re:Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities ... by encryptluks2 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:05AM (#27115878)
USBGuard is a newer tool, however the functionality has existed through udev or other integrations for some time.
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