The FBI Identified a Tor User

Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by VWWHFSfQ on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:38AM (#34413751)

McDonald's has video cameras pointing at every inch of their property 24/7. All they need is a timestamp from the AP and they'll go find your license plate in the parking lot on the surveillance tapes.

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Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by Fnoord on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:47AM (#34413897)

Don't use a car or your own car.

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Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by notch656c on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:49AM (#34413931)

What kind of idiot drives a car with a valid personal license plate while committing crime?

I don't even drive a car when I'm selling shit on craigslist for fear they'll look up the plate and do dumb shit when they're mad the drill I sold them has normal battery life.

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Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by jollyllama on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:32AM (#34414592)

Most criminals (they're risk takers) don't really think these things out and a large percentage of them get away all the time. Stuff goes wrong, footage goes missing, cameras don't work, prosecution bungles some rules, etc.

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Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by VWWHFSfQ on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @10:51AM (#34413974)

I would ask what kind of idiot drives with an invalid license plate

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Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by counttheforks on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:19AM (#34414380)

Did you miss the part about a long range wifi antenna?

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Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by WarOnPrivacy on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:49AM (#34414854)

A guy on my street grabbed a nearby box store's WiFi and repeated it over an overamp'd, open AP.

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Re:The FBI Identified a Tor User by causi on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @03:35PM (#34418557)

I wasn't in the parking lot or anywhere near it for that matter.

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