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posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 16 2023, @02:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the Guilt-by-association dept.

From: Gizmodo:

Motherboard originally reported that the bureau has somehow managed to nab the IP address of an alleged criminal using Tor, short for "The Onion Router," as part of an ongoing anti-terrorism case. The guy in question, Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari, of Tampa, Florida, was charged in 2020 with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. According to the government, Al-Azhari is "an ISIS supporter who planned and attempted to carry out an attack on behalf of that terrorist organization." Part of the government's case against Al-Azhari revolves around his use of Tor to make multiple visits to an ISIS-related website prior to the planned attack. ...

It's not exactly clear what happened here. Somehow, the government ascertained Al-Azhari's real IP address—which actually turned out to be his grandma's IP address because he was staying with her in Riverside, California at the time of his arrest, court documents state. Since Tor should have protected Azhari's real location and IP address, the question remains: how did the feds get this information?

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Is use of TOR probable cause for other investigative techniques that would ordinarily violate civil liberties? (ask a warrant issuing judge.) It it any different from wearing a ski mask to the bank teller window?


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @02:32AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @02:32AM (#1287020)

    Aren't masks required so people know who you vote for? Thats gotta be protected speech.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @04:41AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @04:41AM (#1287029)

    >masks required so people know who you vote for?

    Yeah, wasn't that the plan for Jan 7th 2021? Round up all the mask wearers?

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @03:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @03:11PM (#1287057)

      Round up all the mask wearers?

      Unfortunately they ended up rounding up a bunch of feds instead, so they had to let Ray Epps go and jail a bunch of Republicans who took an unguided tour of the capitol.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday January 16 2023, @05:21PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 16 2023, @05:21PM (#1287089) Journal

    I thought masks were required so that I don't contract, or spread covid-19 after my five covid vaccinations.

    Soon to be six. Or sicks.

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  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday January 16 2023, @07:33PM (1 child)

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Monday January 16 2023, @07:33PM (#1287120) Homepage Journal

    Can whomever modded that "funny" please explain it to me? It was a real WOOSHer.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @08:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 16 2023, @08:03PM (#1287126)

      Liberal snowflakes wear masks, upstanding patriot conservatives don't. It's a politics joke.