Comment by cruffle_duffle
1 year ago
Isn’t that kinda what they used for Ross Ulbright’s computer? I know it was a laptop but they probably didn’t want to take chances given if that thing shut down the entire thing would be encrypted?
1 year ago
Isn’t that kinda what they used for Ross Ulbright’s computer? I know it was a laptop but they probably didn’t want to take chances given if that thing shut down the entire thing would be encrypted?
I thought they had an attractive agent distract him for a moment while another agent grabbed his still-unlocked-and-open laptop to prevent him from locking it or closing it up. At least I think that was the cloak-and-dagger story I heard.
two agents posing as a couple feigned a raucous quarrel that distracted him, while a third agent sitting across the table yanked the laptop at the precise moment he was distracted
And they had to improvise as the cafe he was originally going to visit was too busy and he went to a library instead. Super interesting story!