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A US judge overseeing an FBI "Playpen case" has told agents to reveal whether or not their investigative hacking was approved by the White House.
The case is one of several the Feds are pursuing against more than 100 alleged users of the child sex abuse material exchange network called the Playpen. The prosecutions have become test grounds over investigators' use of hacking tools to unmask Tor users – Playpen was hidden in the Tor network and agents injected tracking software into Playpen visitors' browsers to identify users.
In June, a judge hearing one of the Playpen cases in Virginia ruled that the FBI can hack any computer in any country, if it wants.
During its investigation, the FBI compromised Playpen's Tor-protected distribution servers, leaving them in operation to keep users visiting the service. The Feds then hacked the targets' computers to identify the owners.
It's not a crime if the President orders it.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 27 2016, @12:46PM
I think you and Sarasani are correct. I would add that on this point the Holocaust also heavily targeted Gypsies, homosexuals, the handicapped, and other groups the Nazis didn't like. They would remember it, too. Americans associate the Holocaust with the Jews because the Jews have spent decades refining it into a political weapon; that weapon got them a homeland and billions upon billions of free American tax dollars and a free pass to commit any number of atrocities they want against people they don't like. Gypsies and homosexuals have never had that kind of PR muscle.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by dry on Friday October 28 2016, @01:07AM
Romani or Roma, not Gypsies. Just like it is Jews, not Kikes. Sadly the Roma are still persecuted in too much of Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people#Contemporary_issues [wikipedia.org]
The joke on the Nazi's was that the Roma are pure Caucasian.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 28 2016, @12:02PM
You're correct, but very few know them as Roma, they're that downtrodden. Imagine if the Jews had only ever been known as Kikes, such that saying "Jews" drew blank stares, while "Kike" would be the common term.
The question remains--why don't the Roma now have a homeland carved out of somebody else's territory, billions of dollars in free US tax money, and a license to beat up on a random people?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday October 29 2016, @02:22AM
Amazing what a good PR team can do, especially if you control some of the media.