The US government has been watching our every step and every communication for 15 years now. Snowden tried to warn us, but they disappeared him.
They don't do it in real time for 99% of us. But there is nobody that the government can't create a backward-looking report on that will say where you where, who you communicated with, and what you were doing for as far back in time as they have data (around 15 years).
The US government has been watching our every step and every communication for 15 years now. Snowden tried to warn us, but they disappeared him.
They don't do it in real time for 99% of us. But there is nobody that the government can't create a backward-looking report on that will say where you where, who you communicated with, and what you were doing for as far back in time as they have data (around 15 years).
This guy assassinated the CEO of a huge health insurer on the street in NYC. He made his getaway on an e-bike, hopped in a taxi and left Manhattan on a bus. One of the largest and most sophisticated police forces in the US couldn't catch him and now the NYPD and the feds have no clue who he is or where he is.
And this is the problem with all the data privacy hawks like Snowden. They all live in a world of hypotheticals and slippery slopes. But in the real world, all these mass surveillance programs are actually very ineffective and are just a waste of time.
The US government has been watching our every step and every communication for 15 years now. Snowden tried to warn us, but they disappeared him.
They don't do it in real time for 99% of us. But there is nobody that the government can't create a backward-looking report on that will say where you where, who you communicated with, and what you were doing for as far back in time as they have data (around 15 years).
This guy assassinated the CEO of a huge health insurer on the street in NYC. He made his getaway on an e-bike, hopped in a taxi and left Manhattan on a bus. One of the largest and most sophisticated police forces in the US couldn't catch him and now the NYPD and the feds have no clue who he is or where he is.
And this is the problem with all the data privacy hawks like Snowden. They all live in a world of hypotheticals and slippery slopes. But in the real world, all these mass surveillance programs are actually very ineffective and are just a waste of time.
Oh they who he is. They know now. They aren’t saying yet.
You all give LE far too much credit. Technology and errors is how they will catch him. If they want to catch him much quicker ask those guys on Reddit who can find out where you live by looking at a cloud in your picture.
The US government has been watching our every step and every communication for 15 years now. Snowden tried to warn us, but they disappeared him.
They don't do it in real time for 99% of us. But there is nobody that the government can't create a backward-looking report on that will say where you where, who you communicated with, and what you were doing for as far back in time as they have data (around 15 years).
This is not true. You can still live entirely on cash and without a bank account. There are service jobs that don’t really care about your legal name or ID; neither do burner phone providers. For activity that needs an ID, you can use a fake one. You can live indefinitely like this. Just that no one except someone hiding from law would want to live that meticulously off-grid. But if you are a hitman, it’s worth it.
Nothing will save him from being captured. Cell phone analytics will catch him sooner than later. You cannot trick the cell phone towers. Burner phones WILL be traced back to him regardless of him having someone else buy it. As I said in another thread, he'll be ratted out quickly.
The cell phone will positively identify him as his defense lawyer will claim that many people walk around the city with those same clothes on. But he won't be able to get rid of technology evidence along with potential ballistic evidence.
His photo, which was moronic of him, is the icing on the cake. Thank God he was that dumb as no one has the right to take another life.
He's getting caught. Crapping his pants right now, if he's still in the country. Or he'll take his own life when he realizes prison for life will be his new home.
I'm rooting for him, but fear that he'll soon be caught. It would be comforting to believe that one could still plot something like this. Unfortunately with search histories, location data, traffic and other cameras, we're all just rats in a maze.
I truly don't know how you could root for him? He took a human life. Even if the CEO was a rotten person, and I'm not saying he was, no one has the right to take someone's life away.
I truly don't know how you could root for him? He took a human life. Even if the CEO was a rotten person, and I'm not saying he was, no one has the right to take someone's life away.
He'll be caught soon;)
Agreed.
1) Being frustrated/angry with insurance companies and 2) rooting for a murderer seem worlds apart to me.
Nothing will save him from being captured. Cell phone analytics will catch him sooner than later. You cannot trick the cell phone towers. Burner phones WILL be traced back to him regardless of him having someone else buy it. As I said in another thread, he'll be ratted out quickly.
The cell phone will positively identify him as his defense lawyer will claim that many people walk around the city with those same clothes on. But he won't be able to get rid of technology evidence along with potential ballistic evidence.
His photo, which was moronic of him, is the icing on the cake. Thank God he was that dumb as no one has the right to take another life.
He's getting caught. Crapping his pants right now, if he's still in the country. Or he'll take his own life when he realizes prison for life will be his new home.
You can get a prepaid burner phone with just cash. He was in the city for a month in the hostel and he probably got the burner in nyc if he was smart, so that alone may not identity him or connect to him even if and after he’s caught.
I truly don't know how you could root for him? He took a human life. Even if the CEO was a rotten person, and I'm not saying he was, no one has the right to take someone's life away.
He'll be caught soon;)
Agreed.
1) Being frustrated/angry with insurance companies and 2) rooting for a murderer seem worlds apart to me.
There are tons of people online rooting for him. I don’t then get them either. But people’s frustration seems real. Almost no one seems to sympathize with Thompson or his family. It’s almost all sarcasm or “serves him right”-type comments. Very childish.
The simplest answer is this: you are VASTLY underestimating how much technology is around you at all times, and how searchable it is.
Just today, I was reading that some rando scrapes citibike rental data just for fun, basically, and was able to see which exact bike the shooter grabbed, and where he took it, and when. And this is even a sophisticated investigation, just looking at some basic data.
He used a fake ID at the bus station and at the hostel.
How did they know his ID was fake?
First of all they know his name now. But before they knew his name, they knew the ID was fake because they had reason to believe the name on the ID was made up.
The simplest answer is this: you are VASTLY underestimating how much technology is around you at all times, and how searchable it is.
Just today, I was reading that some rando scrapes citibike rental data just for fun, basically, and was able to see which exact bike the shooter grabbed, and where he took it, and when. And this is even a sophisticated investigation, just looking at some basic data.
You didn’t read far enough, it turned out the guy was wrong. He didn’t use a citi bike. That is the problem with random internet sleuths. They often put forward incorrect leads.
The poster above is correct, you can get a burner phone anonymously if you are careful. The fact that he is still at large probably means they still don’t know his identity.
The simplest answer is this: you are VASTLY underestimating how much technology is around you at all times, and how searchable it is.
Just today, I was reading that some rando scrapes citibike rental data just for fun, basically, and was able to see which exact bike the shooter grabbed, and where he took it, and when. And this is even a sophisticated investigation, just looking at some basic data.
You didn’t read far enough, it turned out the guy was wrong. He didn’t use a citi bike. That is the problem with random internet sleuths. They often put forward incorrect leads.
The poster above is correct, you can get a burner phone anonymously if you are careful. The fact that he is still at large probably means they still don’t know his identity.
This is false. You cannot get a burner phone anonymously. You can have someone else purchase it, even at Walmart, but they will be on video and be caught.
Trust me, I know this factually;) Paying with cash is irrelevant. It's the transaction at the register that will get you. That phone will be traced to the store it was purchased at and to the exact minute at the register.
They know exactly when and where a burner phone was purchased regardless of the method of payment.
MANY people have murdered people and went to another town or state to purchase it and thought they were outsmarting the police. That is a fallacy that I know for sure;)
They will have video of that transaction to the minute and they will have video of who purchased it all the way out the front door of the location. I thought this was widely known?
Nothing will save him from being captured. Cell phone analytics will catch him sooner than later. You cannot trick the cell phone towers. Burner phones WILL be traced back to him regardless of him having someone else buy it. As I said in another thread, he'll be ratted out quickly.
The cell phone will positively identify him as his defense lawyer will claim that many people walk around the city with those same clothes on. But he won't be able to get rid of technology evidence along with potential ballistic evidence.
His photo, which was moronic of him, is the icing on the cake. Thank God he was that dumb as no one has the right to take another life.
He's getting caught. Crapping his pants right now, if he's still in the country. Or he'll take his own life when he realizes prison for life will be his new home.
You can get a prepaid burner phone with just cash. He was in the city for a month in the hostel and he probably got the burner in nyc if he was smart, so that alone may not identity him or connect to him even if and after he’s caught.
You didn’t read far enough, it turned out the guy was wrong. He didn’t use a citi bike. That is the problem with random internet sleuths. They often put forward incorrect leads.
The poster above is correct, you can get a burner phone anonymously if you are careful. The fact that he is still at large probably means they still don’t know his identity.
This is false. You cannot get a burner phone anonymously. You can have someone else purchase it, even at Walmart, but they will be on video and be caught.
Trust me, I know this factually;) Paying with cash is irrelevant. It's the transaction at the register that will get you. That phone will be traced to the store it was purchased at and to the exact minute at the register.
They know exactly when and where a burner phone was purchased regardless of the method of payment.
MANY people have murdered people and went to another town or state to purchase it and thought they were outsmarting the police. That is a fallacy that I know for sure;)
They will have video of that transaction to the minute and they will have video of who purchased it all the way out the front door of the location. I thought this was widely known?
This poster is absolutely correct. Cash or not, it's recorded.
