[searealist]

I just assume stories like this are parallel construction.

edit: Indeed, they even admit this is not what they used to track them down.

[RajT88]

Indeed, if I was in LE I would not give away my signature tells.

The argument is our course: is public safety more important than data privacy?

Nobody AFAICT is honestly running those numbers. Probably because it would require cross-agency number gathering and the end result is potentially that agencies lose some magic powers.

[aitchnyu]

The "news" stories related to the incident are sensational. One claimed the Youtuber speaks perfect American English for a global audience but bribed an English exam center (necessary to migrate to a lucrative career in other countries) to pass. Damn exams dont capture her fluency which she demonstrates to a large global audience! Turns out she uses a computer generated voice.

[notyofriend]

It was probably a pretty egregious privacy violation like infected all 130 with a worm and read all their text messages