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A comment on Tracking One Year of Malicious Tor Exit Relay Activities (Part II). Parent comment

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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