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US: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted apps (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 96 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Neither Tor nor end-to-end encrypted messengers will cover the endpoints. It's possible that they caught him using good old fashioned detective work. You don't need a software back door for that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Well it probably wasn't a Vic Mackey-style rubber hose attack, because it sounds like this chump is getting hauled into court.