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Re:Leaked Hacking Team code to edit browser history? by Eyght on Friday July 10, 2015 @02:30AM (#9862563)
Assuming this was created with malicious intent (however unlikely), the motive would not be to plant false evidence but rather to create an excuse for probable cause (search and seizure). It would give law enforcement a legitimate reason to hold you and search your devices.
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Re:Leaked Hacking Team code to edit browser history? by josteink on Friday July 10, 2015 @02:48AM (#9862622)
So something like a parallel construction[1] then? It's obviously not exactly the same, but it's the same type of scummy if not worse.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

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Re:Leaked Hacking Team code to edit browser history? by Lawtonfogle on Friday July 10, 2015 @08:52AM (#9863629)
At which point planting evidence becomes very easy as long as the one doing it is smart enough to not leave traces that it was planted.
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