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[–] Chiqa@midwest.social 11 points 14 hours ago

Anon is not alone in this..

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

On one hand, I loathe pedophiles and the awful black market that they use to trade whatever

On other hand, I wonder how often the "law" just uses this to get rid of people who displease them, they just install the appropriate stash with a thumb drive while "scanning".

Decades in prison, asset forfeiture, who would stop them or even be able to prove it? The modern equivalent of planting drugs (which they are caught doing frequently already), and nobody wants to defend pedophiles.

Worst case scenario for them? The taxpayers pay for a lawsuit settlement and they might get paid leave for six months

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago

This was literally the plot of Blake's seven except they also installed the memories into his brain and that of the children.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, but why bother? They can just turn off the body camera and shoot them in self defense. Same outcome and way less work.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Making a martyr vs discrediting everything someone has ever done, and turning their family/friends/everyone against them and their ideology.

Hmm...

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

You forgot the bonus of putting a pedo in the ground. The public does not exercise any skepticism when the accused is being accused of pedophilia.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

They do that already (gun them down), but they can't kill too many people! It's like they have a murder quota.

So, for the rest they plant evidence on, drugs and this.

Also, many of them are sadists and prefer the torture route (like 40 years in prison).

[–] irelephant@anarchist.nexus 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Irl they'd just refuse to leave, and maybe shoot your dog.

[–] Vile_port_aloo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Irl they've already bugged your home and the train arrives 0800 tomorrow morning, you will never be seen again.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

congrats for torrenting the latest disney movie off their honeypot

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Their fault for torrenting without a VPN

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 99 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

They already showed their cards so they'll not come back with a warrant. This is more about intimidation than anything else.

I've had the same thing happen to me. "Can we search your house? It will help you if you have nothing to hide". Fuck off cunts. They didn't try again.

[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Adding onto this one:

I suspect they are searching your trash. They roll up to your house, tell you there's a bunch of "suspicious" shit tied to your address, IP, a cell ping in the area, whatever. The point is to scare the shit out of you in the hopes that you trash any "incriminating" property.

Then they search your trash (which does not require a warrant, let alone notice), find your shit, and then come back to arrest you.

The point here is fuck them. They didn't bother to create a warrant, so they dont get to complain when you decide to upgrade your PC, slag the old drives, then keep them on your coffee table as conversation starters. If they had a warrant, that would be different. They dont.

Don't let them scare you stupid. Continue on as normal. Maybe invest in a different ISP because some like to snitch.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty much.

If OP had something incriminating, they would already have the paperwork they need to grab it.

Police knocking on your door is hoping you would give them information to arrest you. Proper swat team breaking down your door means they already had it.

ICE doesn't count. They're not cops.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, you can tell a cop is fishing because they're talking to you. If they thought they could get what they want without talking to you they'd just be arresting you or doing violence to you

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

“Can we search your house? It will only help you if you have nothing to hide”.

Help me how, to get arrested faster? lmao

"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" remains at the top of my list of bullshit lines of "reasoning" I've ever heard in my entire life.

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Step 1: Back up important files
Step 2: boot from live Linux USB
Step 3: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/nvmeX && dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/nvmeX Repeat as many times as you wish

[–] Chiqa@midwest.social 3 points 14 hours ago

This, but encrypt the backed up data with full disk encryption.

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[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 104 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fake: cops obeying the law and following due process? Really?

Gay: Anon clearly took “be gay, do crimes” seriously… too bad he didn’t take his opsec as seriously…

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[–] kcseb@pawb.social 151 points 2 days ago (36 children)

And here's where we introduce you to this magical term called full disk encryption!

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, refusing a warrant is definitely a separate crime from whatever they're looking for on the computer. If something like this happens, the only way to protect yourself from a warrant is to fully delete everything on your computer. They can't arrest you for not handing over something that doesn't exist. The cops know this though, which is why they probably wouldn't give you that kind of warning without having a warrant ready to go, which is because this story is fake.

[–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 105 points 2 days ago (15 children)

And if you use BitLocker, do NOT backup your recovery key to the cloud!

https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-reportedly-turned-over-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-the-fbi-2000713550

Print out out, give it to a friend, don't mention it via electronic means (email, text, Snapchat, YouTube, and so on...)

[–] msage@programming.dev 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And if you use BitLocker, don't!

[–] quips@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

What is a better windows alternative?

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[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago

If there's not a thermite microcharge hovering above your crime drive are you even really posting? Ctrl-Super-M (for melt) and that sucker's a puddle

[–] mech@feddit.org 82 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If the cops actually had anything real on him, they could get the warrant over the phone while stalling you at the door, or even storm your place and get it later.
And even if they don't get it, no cop can get in trouble for the raid if they "suspect" you might destroy evidence, and anything they find can still be used in court.

It completely invalidates your 4th amendment rights, but congress felt this was needed to protect you against "terrorists" 25 years ago.

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[–] xodasu@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Short answer, do NOT destroy the computer or flee. That is textbook obstruction and will turn a sketchy visit into a criminal case overnight. You were right to refuse a search without a warrant, keep doing that, but destroying evidence or running wiping tools is a dumb panic move.

Get a lawyer immediately, even a public defender if money is tight. Record everything from the visit now, names, badge numbers, what they said, time stamps, take photos of any paperwork or footprints. Do not log into accounts, do not run cleanup software, and if possible disconnect the machine from the internet and power it down until your lawyer tells you what to do. Turning it off is different from erasing stuff.

If the cops come back with a warrant, comply on your lawyer's advice. If you're honestly worried the allegation involves really serious crimes, get counsel fast, because those carry mandatory procedures and you need someone who knows how to handle evidence and interviews. And for the future, yes encrypt your drives and keep recovery keys offline, but that's after you sort this with legal help.

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