• Ooops@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    Local law enforcement manages what is theoretically possible but would require massive ressources… without given details about what would possibly be a public world-first achievement reserved for state actors definitely not talking about it.

    Sure… sounds reasonable and is totally not an excuse to divert from other questionable investigation methods…

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      Yeah that was the take from most big outlets and tech experts / hackers. Shameful of the news companies to just further the cops blatant lies.

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      3 months ago

      “This was possible, at the time, because the user was using a version of the software that neither had Vanguards-lite, nor the vanguards addon, which were introduced to protect users from this type of attack.

      That’s a critical piece of the puzzle, isn’t it? LOL

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        3 months ago

        So they must’ve disabled the auto update and ran an outdated version? Seems silly. Why even bother with TOR if you don’t keep it up do date?