some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 months agoUS: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted appsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down19cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1401arrow-down1external-linkUS: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted appsarstechnica.comsome_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square141fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoLikely, data may have been encrypted but he may have leaked compromising metadata. Even more likely it was bad operation security linking a personal identity to his anonymous persona. I’m always thankful for incompetent criminals.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThankfully it seems pretty unrealistic that someone addicted to CSAM would maintain perfect OpSec over a lifetime of abuse.
Likely, data may have been encrypted but he may have leaked compromising metadata. Even more likely it was bad operation security linking a personal identity to his anonymous persona.
I’m always thankful for incompetent criminals.
Thankfully it seems pretty unrealistic that someone addicted to CSAM would maintain perfect OpSec over a lifetime of abuse.