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An international day of action to disrupt global activity on the Darknet and remove certain websites and forums is to conclude within the next 24 hours under the FBI/Europol operation codenamed "Onymous".
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This is assurance to the public that the law will be faithfully executed. They are assuring the public that the FBI is capable of investigating crimes even on the internet.
It would just be nice if they operated under the same judicial rules that they are enforcing. It seems like a large portion of US agencies (who enforce 'justice' in one way or another) these days feel like the same laws they are enforcing don't necessarily apply to them, especially when said law(s) limit their ability to do their job. Or more simply put, exceptional circumstances have now become a rule rather than an…
"Benthall should have known that those who hide behind the keyboard will ultimately be found." What a weird tone...
The FBI exists to justify itself. An up-front, moralizing tone is reassuring to non-technically literate people who don't realize this is equivalent to tracing all of our most intimate conversations.
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I'm not so sure. There have been offshore gambling sites (sports, poker etc...) that have been shut down before with the cooperation of local authorities, although not always easily. They may see revenue for local industry as a nice plus, but not so nice as to risk the ire of the U.S. govt. In the end, your allies offshore may only be as loyal as the force they're willing to ignore. And your friends may only be as tr…
With TOR, though, it's very easy to move servers quickly. Who wants to play a foreign game of 'whack a mole'? Authorities will tire quickly of complying with an endless game.,
Oh I wish that was true but we are in our fourth? decade of the War on Drugs, Authorities don't care, they just hire more people at tax payer expense.
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in all seriousness perhaps iranian hosts would be a viable route
I am not sure you want to stare down the Iranian justice system.
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The FBI exists to justify itself. An up-front, moralizing tone is reassuring to non-technically literate people who don't realize this is equivalent to tracing all of our most intimate conversations.
As it sounds like it was social engineering [e.g. Getting into the private/admin areas of the forum via an undercover agent] I'm not sure you can state that.
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In which the purpose of the press release (and bust) is revealed: to threaten the public and make an example. The usual stuff you expect out of an upstanding agent of democracy.
Shame on the US government for threatening the public with the enforcement of its own laws.
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in all seriousness perhaps iranian hosts would be a viable route
I am not sure you want to stare down the Iranian justice system.
Tbh tho, I wouldn't be surprised if you setup an Iranian site that you weren't accused of "funding terrorist operations" and the trial gets replaced with a US drone strike.