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talking about which state they live in. If you think that the FBI will never put the pieces
together, you may be sadly mistaken as Jeremy Hammond found out.
“Watching the WiFi network revealed the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses
of each device connected to the network. Most of the time there was only one, an
Apple Computer—and sup_g had told Sabu that he used a Macbook.
On March 1, the agents obtained a court order allowing them to use a “pen
register/trap and trace” device that could reveal only “addressing information”
and not content. In other words, if it worked, agents could see what IP addresses
Hammond was visiting, but they would see nothing else.
His Macbook’s MAC address was soon seen connecting to IP addresses known to
be part of the Tor anonymizing network.
And while this definitely sounded like their man, the Bureau went to even greater
lengths to double-check their target. The main technique was to observe when
Hammond left his home, then to call Sabu in New York and ask if any of
Hammond’s suspected aliases had just left IRC or the Jabber instant messaging
system.”
If this does not open your eyes to some of the mistakes you may have been making online,
then you need to reevaluate how you handle yourself online. Read the entire article to get
a better picture, but remember, I do not care if it is your best friend from elementary
school, do not, under any circumstances ever admit anything online to anybody. Never
under any circumstances take credit for any freedom fighting or hacktivism you have
participated in online. And for Christ’s sake, NEVER log into a server, especially one that
keeps logs with your real IP address!