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[dupe] Fearing an FBI raid, researcher publishes 10M passwords/usernames (arstechnica.com)
3 points by Libertatea on Feb 10, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments




This "fearing an FBI raid" narrative feels like a persecution complex created by the researcher to drum up interest in his release. There's little reason to believe the FBI would do this (as mentioned in previous threads, Brown had other cause for arrest), and I have a hard time believing that "I had to write this lame thing trying to convince the FBI not to raid me" makes any sense. Writing a blog has and never will stop a federal agency from raiding you.




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