Ask HN: Are there recorded instances of people being framed through hacking?

Re:Ask HN: Are there recorded instances of people being fram... by tablespoon on Saturday October 22, 2022 @04:39PM (#33302014)

> "Admitted guilt forthrightly" is also suspicious.

Not really. IMHO, it's pretty common impulse try to apologize when caught doing something in order to get less punishment. An apology is often effectively a confession.

> The principal activity of higher level spooks and investigators is coercing people...

So? Even if there are people who do stuff like that, it's a tiny fraction of cases like this.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there recorded instances of people being fram... by pencilguin on Saturday October 22, 2022 @04:48PM (#33302091)

Are you unfamiliar with the definition of "principal activity"?

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Re:Ask HN: Are there recorded instances of people being fram... by tablespoon on Sunday October 23, 2022 @01:03AM (#33304700)

> Are you unfamiliar with the definition of "principal activity"?

Yes. I'm just saying bringing up spies in this case is a distraction. Unless you have some compelling evidence to say it's spies, it's not spies. Your looking for the exotic when the mundane is far, far more likely.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there recorded instances of people being fram... by pencilguin on Sunday October 23, 2022 @03:17AM (#33305198)

You understand that what you just wrote makes not a lick of sense, in this context?

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