Submitted 2 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.404media.co/how-three-alleged-tesla-vandals-got-caught/
Yeah, pretty basic opsec is not to drive to the crime scene. And don’t bring anything with you that is not essential to the mission and which might get dropped and be used as evidence.
Wear cheap sweats and a ski mask. Dispose of them all as soon as you can. If cars are involved, use fake plates. Better yet, use bicycles and ride as much as possible off paved roads. And don’t ride straight home.
Oh, and the basic - don’t carry your cell phone/smart watch regardless of whether it’s switched off
Even better, wear loose generic clothes like a long black skirt and a baggy long sleeve shirt.
Investigators can narrow down suspects by using security footage to measure things like femur or forearm length. Baggy clothes make this much harder to do, because you can’t see exactly where the joints are. It introduces a lot of reasonable doubt that your defense lawyer can use to tear apart any video evidence they present.
And you can get a cheap used bike as well.
I’m not condoning crime, but if you’re going to do it, give yourself the best chance of avoiding capture.
These people got caught because someone found their car and thus license plate.
Another had left a fingerprinted bottle that went missing when watching surveillance footage.
And then were able to confirm after finding the same outfit from the surveillance footage.
The lessons to be learned are to not use cars anywhere near the scene, leave no trace, fingerprints or digital evidence, including a phone, and make sure any recognizable clothing is well hidden, or even better thoroughly destroyed.
Oh and don’t post anything on social media.
Taking your own car, leaving a bottle with prints at the scene and keeping the clothes worn during the act is just laughably stupid mistakes. I mean, come on guys, have you never watched a detective show!?
Kinda /s, but also not because damn those are stupid, borderline hilarious, mistakes.
The vine diagram between competent and willing to do vandalism is not a large one.
The irony of being asked to sign up to a website to be able to read an article about opsec failures
With the current state of things, I expect no less than a public hanging in front of the Capitol building.
Good biking weather lately.
captainjaneway@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I hate how much effort is put into property damage but when my house was broken into or when my friends truck was stolen, the police did nothing.
It’s also disturbing how hard it is to be anonymous. Crime or not, it gives me the creeps that anyone could probably track me down if they wanted.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The police are here to protect the owner class.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Class traitors
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s how they got Luigi. They protect and serve the rich ass only.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Pretty sure that was supposed to say class, but it still works with the typo
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t think the feds were looking in into either of those things. Musk has a direct FBI line as a homescreen icon.
TomSelleck@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I take my dog for a walk in my neighborhood and walk by no less than 20 different camera setups, and those are the ones I actually notice. Paranoia has led us down the road to a post-privacy society.
Level9831@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lol ya and all that video footage is owned by the company of those cameras, like Ring aka Amazon. They can access it at anytime and they can even give it to the police.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
I have two sets of clothing I have specifically for protesting in simply because my normal attire would definitely single me out and make me easy to track.
SPRUNT@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Buy donation clothing. And by that I mean, buy protest clothing that you can easily take off and donate to a homeless person.