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Re:An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the D... by ewillbefull on Monday August 05, 2013 @07:24AM (#6159482)
Seems like a lose-lose situation for the FBI. They propose laws to spy on everyone to protect children, and people tell them to do some "old fashioned police work" instead. You know, go after the real bad guys and you don't need draconian laws to make it easier.

Then they do some old fashioned police work, and you get cynical responses like yours. They didn't warrantlessly wiretap anyone, or violate anyone's rights, to take down someone who was knowingly breaking a horrific law.

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Re:An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the D... by belorn on Monday August 05, 2013 @08:33AM (#6159710)
They did take down a email provider which was known as "safe" to use by activist and political refugees. By now, they will have to live with the knowledge that anything they wrote is the property of the FBI, and could be leaked at any time. It can be used by the foreign office of the USA as a barging chip, to trade spy information or get prisoners released in exchange for the information. Anyone who used TorMail or freedom hosting as part of an political dissidents campaign will now have to put their life in the FBI/USA hands.
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Re:An in-depth guide to Freedom Hosting, the engine of the D... by FedRegister on Monday August 05, 2013 @12:42PM (#6161171)
If you didn't encrypt your mail in Tor then you have made a big mistake and you get what you deserve.
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