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Surfshark VPN advertises "strict no-logs policy", "independently audited" and "obfuscated, RAM-only servers". Of course, advertising is just advertising, reality may be different.
Paypal, and apparently this guy's email server, don't have a no-receipts policy though.
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Any tips for how one might maintain composure enough to handle these situations if they ever find themselves in them? I imagine the obvious answer is just practice saying "no comment, I need my lawyer present" but I'm not convinced this would make one immune to their Jedi mind tricks when the day comes to exercise it
I have a silly idea. Say the truth, admit you made a lapse of judgment, offer to repair your victims. Silly I know, but maybe you d be surprised this would go a long way in getting out of this shit situation eventually instead of turning everyone into predatory "we ll crush him for eternity" mode ?
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> I've always been fascinated by the idea that intelligence lies within a spectrum. Someone might be incredibly smart about a narrow topic or field, yet be blind to their own stupidity within another realm. I've been seriously bitten by this, and find it more scary than fascinating. Growing up, I thought people who followed cult leaders and charismatic narcissists were so stupid (still do), it appeared so transparent…
Reminded me of this I read recently and found quite fascinating — http://knowingless.com/2021/11/27/frame-control/
I've always been fascinated by the idea that intelligence lies within a spectrum. Someone might be incredibly smart about a narrow topic or field, yet be blind to their own stupidity within another realm. To me, this seems like a classic example. To quote the press release: "During the execution of that search, SHARP made numerous false statements to FBI agents, including, among other things, in substance, that he wa…
> This man was a senior developer yet this quote sounds like it comes from a nine year-old. Tech has a contempt culture problem, and this can be one manifestation of it: feeling that being moderately bright about getting computers to do things makes you a tremendous intellect, and everyone else around you an easily hoodwinked moron. Perhaps the most extreme example was Hans Reiser. Anyone who followed the twists and…
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Why would you use node, if it wasn’t for the vast package exosystem?
Path of least resistance? Picking a language (and possibly runtime) is a pretty huge investment if you intend to become proficient. A lot of people like to think that they are polyglot programmers and that language doesn't really matter. But it does. It takes a few years to become a decent programmer in a given language. And if people claim it takes just weeks or a couple of months, it really only tells you that they…
He could've prevent all of this by a) making sure his traffic was blackholed when the VPN went down and b) adding another layer from a free service (like TOR or a proxy or another VPN). He also should've been actively using the VPN so his traffic patterns wouldn't stand out as much, and so his purchase would be justifiable. If he really did buy the VPN 6 months ahead then he was a fool to leave the subscription dorma…
I really dislike theses kinds of comments in theses kind of posts. This is just bragging. I would like the bad people to be caught and you are just giving away free advice to any future thief like him and also kind of encouraging other people which is kind of worrisome. Privacy is a double edge sword and this is case that I happy that he was caught because of his lack of knowledge.
If you're a criminal reading my comments and learning anything new from them, let me tell you this: if you needed this info, you're not smart enough to evade the FBI. Go find a real job or something.
I'm glad the ass got caught and I hope he'll get what he deserves. However, I believe that the common modus operandi for criminals shouldn't be a secret because it will get out anyway. The "solutions" I propose are obvious and basically handed to criminals by the FBI analysis.
Good opsec for crime is incredibly hard, which is great in cases like these. I don't think I've heard of some super smart hacker that's managed to stay away from the authorities unless they live outside the relevant jurisdiction. Even then the FBI will find ways to get you into a country where they can arrest you, legally or otherwise.
A lot of "crime" in some countries, like China or Russia, is just doing the right thing in my opinion. You might very well need this kind of opsec if your goal is to help teenagers learn about homosexuality in many of the more bigoted countries, for example, or get the truth out about COVID without suddenly finding yourself falling out of a window.
I don't think the "true crime" style comments help criminals in any way. Documentaries about how murdered got caught aren't very good manuals and the advice of random people who've been in contact with the police aren't either. If they're dumb enough to follow the advice of some random guy here on orange reddit, their criminal career won't last very long.
I've always been fascinated by the idea that intelligence lies within a spectrum. Someone might be incredibly smart about a narrow topic or field, yet be blind to their own stupidity within another realm. To me, this seems like a classic example. To quote the press release: "During the execution of that search, SHARP made numerous false statements to FBI agents, including, among other things, in substance, that he wa…
This man was a senior developer yet this quote sounds like it comes from a nine year-old. I knew a senior developer doing advanced R&D at a big tech company, who also kept getting suckered into MLM scams.
Ex-Ubiquiti employee here. Nick Sharp wasn't just a senior software engineer. He was the Cloud Lead and ran the whole cloud team. His LinkedIn profile will confirm it. This is why he had access to everything. Nick had his hands in everything from GitHub to Slack and we could never understand why or how. He rose to power in the company by claiming to find a vulnerability that let him access the CEO's personal system,…
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It's not really about intelligence. When faced correcting a false reality you have created, it can be quite hard to decide to phase change into telling the truth. The lies that come out come from not being prepared and not being a very good liar. For people who lie like this, a good way to think about it is as though it were a disease. Actually intelligent people just don't do things like this, even if they have nefa…
> When faced correcting a false reality you have created, it can be quite hard to decide to phase change into telling the truth. The lies that come out come from not being prepared and not being a very good liar. For people who lie like this, a good way to think about it is as though it were a disease. Or just don’t talk to the police and lawyer up. I agree the best thing is to not do the crime, but if you are a crim…
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Any tips for how one might maintain composure enough to handle these situations if they ever find themselves in them? I imagine the obvious answer is just practice saying "no comment, I need my lawyer present" but I'm not convinced this would make one immune to their Jedi mind tricks when the day comes to exercise it
I have a silly idea. Say the truth, admit you made a lapse of judgment, offer to repair your victims. Silly I know, but maybe you d be surprised this would go a long way in getting out of this shit situation eventually instead of turning everyone into predatory "we ll crush him for eternity" mode ?