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Re:The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet by spondylosaurus on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @09:06PM (#36065981)
Right, I am assuming, because I'm not particularly familiar with the workings of the FBI lol.

Surely it's obvious that by "pressure" I'm referring to the threat of some sort of nebulous legal-y action if Google didn't comply with [xyz request]. Is that not how law enforcement functions? (I'd be shocked if they were asking very nicely and offering to take Google out to dinner.)

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Re:The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet by acheron on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:34PM (#36066473)
The point is that the real world is not a thriller movie. No, the FBI doesn't do that.
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Re:The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet by spondylosaurus on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:41PM (#36066507)
What exactly do they do, then?
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Re:The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet by matthewterhune on Thursday May 25, 2023 @02:53AM (#36067792)
Of course they do, though not to a big company like Google for something trivial like this when they could pay a bit of money. Threats aren't cost free.
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Re:The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet by thatguy0900 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @12:59PM (#36073167)
Correct, the fbi never breaks the law or does anything not strictly above board.
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