And here's where we introduce you to this magical term called full disk encryption!
this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2026
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And if you use BitLocker, do NOT backup your recovery key to the cloud!
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-reportedly-turned-over-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-the-fbi-2000713550
Print out out, give it to a friend, don't mention it via electronic means (email, text, Snapchat, YouTube, and so on...)
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This person should also turn off their computer and remove the RAM so it's zeroed out if it gets siezed.
Full disk encryption doesn't help much if the pc is running anyway since the key will be in memory
How will they carry the running pc if it’s not a laptop?
They have a battery attached to flat wires. When you give a couple millimeters of room from the plug, they insert the flat wires and the computer will be powered from the battery.
If the computer is logged in, they have a USB device that mimics a mouse. It makes the mouse pointer move back and forth to prevent it from going to sleep or the screen saver.
They use forensic tools to clone the RAM before moving it. Probably depends on exploits so whether it will work may depend on your OS, but they have access to the hardware so there are a lot of possibilities.
Is this actually practically achievable or mostly theoretical in a lab? Is it confirmed that the cops have actually managed to do this?
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They already showed their cards so they'll not come back with a warrant. This is more about intimidation than anything else.
I've had the same thing happen to me. "Can we search your house? It will help you if you have nothing to hide". Fuck off cunts. They didn't try again.
“Can we search your house? It will only help you if you have nothing to hide”.
Help me how, to get arrested faster? lmao
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" remains at the top of my list of bullshit lines of "reasoning" I've ever heard in my entire life.
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Pretty much.
If OP had something incriminating, they would already have the paperwork they need to grab it.
Police knocking on your door is hoping you would give them information to arrest you. Proper swat team breaking down your door means they already had it.
ICE doesn't count. They're not cops.
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Adding onto this one:
I suspect they are searching your trash. They roll up to your house, tell you there's a bunch of "suspicious" shit tied to your address, IP, a cell ping in the area, whatever. The point is to scare the shit out of you in the hopes that you trash any "incriminating" property.
Then they search your trash (which does not require a warrant, let alone notice), find your shit, and then come back to arrest you.
The point here is fuck them. They didn't bother to create a warrant, so they dont get to complain when you decide to upgrade your PC, slag the old drives, then keep them on your coffee table as conversation starters. If they had a warrant, that would be different. They dont.
Don't let them scare you stupid. Continue on as normal. Maybe invest in a different ISP because some like to snitch.
Fake: cops obeying the law and following due process? Really?
Gay: Anon clearly took “be gay, do crimes” seriously… too bad he didn’t take his opsec as seriously…
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If the cops actually had anything real on him, they could get the warrant over the phone while stalling you at the door, or even storm your place and get it later.
And even if they don't get it, no cop can get in trouble for the raid if they "suspect" you might destroy evidence, and anything they find can still be used in court.
It completely invalidates your 4th amendment rights, but congress felt this was needed to protect you against "terrorists" 25 years ago.
Plus if police "believe" they are following the law, they are allowed to use the fruit from the poison tree, for decades now, ever since The Fear of the Others in the crime wave in the 80's and 90's gave them license to cancel the Bill of Rights.
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On one hand, I loathe pedophiles and the awful black market that they use to trade whatever
On other hand, I wonder how often the "law" just uses this to get rid of people who displease them, they just install the appropriate stash with a thumb drive while "scanning".
Decades in prison, asset forfeiture, who would stop them or even be able to prove it? The modern equivalent of planting drugs (which they are caught doing frequently already), and nobody wants to defend pedophiles.
Worst case scenario for them? The taxpayers pay for a lawsuit settlement and they might get paid leave for six months
Yeah, but why bother? They can just turn off the body camera and shoot them in self defense. Same outcome and way less work.
Making a martyr vs discrediting everything someone has ever done, and turning their family/friends/everyone against them and their ideology.
Hmm...
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Irl they'd just refuse to leave, and maybe shoot your dog.
Irl they've already bugged your home and the train arrives 0800 tomorrow morning, you will never be seen again.
Step 1: Back up important files
Step 2: boot from live Linux USB
Step 3: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/nvmeX && dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/nvmeX Repeat as many times as you wish
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Anon shouldn't have fucked with the CSAM
Pretty convenient world for the cops you are constructing where everyone they try to warrantless search has kiddie porn.
They aren't above [redacted,] on people either. One should never assume the police are acting in good faith in today's world. Or yesterday's. But especially not now.
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What did anon even do to be on the radar, this is just not credible. They would never show up for a chat if that was the case, they would collect evidence quietly.
So if there is anything on your computer, deleting it just destroys the file directory to it, they can find it still, you have to delete everything, then rewrite over it with new information.
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- Hammer.
- "my computer just broke. Had to get a new one"
If there's not a thermite microcharge hovering above your crime drive are you even really posting? Ctrl-Super-M (for melt) and that sucker's a puddle
Would it be possible to wipe some files off the PC without leaving any traces?
Yeah, but there will be a trace that something was wiped if you use certain tools and didn't then fill that empty scrambled space with a bunch of games or something.
"Why do you you have 47 installs of Roller Coaster Tychoon anon?"
"I was multiboxing."
I don't believe any local law enforcement, at least where I'm at, has a cyber crimes team capable of knowing this and pursuing it even if they did. Federal level? Sure. But if they're coming they already have warrants and you're fucked. Local doesn't invest money in stuff like that.
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