I work computer forensics investigating criminal cases for a government agency. Ask me anything

I work computer forensics investigating criminal cases for a government agency. Ask me anything.

How deep is the deep state

How can I be as invisible as possible online? Tor and all that shit is worth the hassle or should I not give a fuck?

find anything surprising lately, forensicbro?

What questions should we ask? About our own security maybe, will smashing our computer with a hammer be enough when the feds knock on the door?

Have you done anything relevant to the current political scene?

My 1986 Lincoln town car stalls when I put it in reverse sometimes. Why?

fuck off or provide proof

how many kinds of computer are there?

Who does (or would if uncertain) have current custody of Seth Rich's laptop

are you truly that incompetent as people suggest when online hobbiest can point out shit about the DNC "Hacks" that you missed or are you truly covering for the deep state and should be hung as traitors like the rest of them on the day of the rope

How do you hide your porn?

Okay. I'll bite.

Why do you people want to bust the online drug market? Don't you have enough work with the pedophiles? Also, why mess with a market that is mostly civil and respectful?

Honest question here. I want to know what the point is.

What's your salary? I do similar work in the private sector.

how little knowledge do you need for a fed job?

i'm getting my life in order incase of draft so i don't have to struggle in boot camp
but wold rather have a homeland job

This.
you use sat server?

How many dick picks have you seen?

Not that high in the government

Using TOR is good if you use it correctly. It's worth the hassle, but if you don't use it right then it's pretty pointless.

Found a picture of a kid throat fucking the turkey being served to his family for thanksgiving

How much bleach did Hillary use?

Are the Awans going to bring down DWS?

Hi there
Asking for a friend...
Just wanted to know, about some old work laptops and phones I had for my old job.
It was important that they were disposed of securely so I gave them a few bangs with a hammer.
I left them at my old house where a tenant has taken over the property.
He won't be able to access the company data will he? I wiped with a cloth and hit with a hammer many times.

How much of a script kiddy are you? How dependent are you on windows based apps to do your job?

How fucked are you if you find a Linux / BDS box with drive encryption?

Computer, no. Hard drive, yes. If you hit it in the correct spot.

Check the transmission fluid levels.

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Who?

Veracrypt

Not at the level that works online drug marketing. I'm at the pedophile level.

70K. Will be moving to private sector soon for more money.

Do you prefer McDonald's or burger king? I don't wanna hear shirt about Wendy's, we don't have that over here, I just need to know, given the 2 above choices, where would you go for lunch? This is important.

Did he fuck it before or after the bird was cooked?

What type of crimes do you most typically see?

They sell weapons and fraud stuff too. They also sell extremely dangerous drugs, which are essentially chemical weapons, such as carfent (an opiate active at the ug level).

Do you feel bad when you go through someone's shit that hasn't done anything?

you have a problem with your transmission i think, stop driving cars from the 80s dude, get something from the late 90s or spend 3k and get a used good car from late 2000s.

>>/o/

this is the proper place to ask aswell

Computer, no. Hard drive, yes. If you hit it in the correct spot.

Check the transmission fluid levels.

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Who?

Veracrypt

Not at the level that works online drug marketing. I'm at the pedophile level.

70K. Will be moving to private sector soon for more money.

Need a lot of knowledge for fed level. Know plenty of people that would be great at this job and others but don't have a bachelor degree so they aren't even considered.

what's it like being a LARPer?

are the technical details to using TOR properly mean "use noscript" / use neighbors wifi ?
pretty deep m8

may i ask this..
can you install gentoo?
Does anyone you work with have the ability to install gentoo?

I just want to know how far on the power scale you guys really are.

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How easy is it to hack Sup Forums? How easy it is to track every Sup Forumsack based on their activity here?

how do you unwind after work?
>hours on computers
>come home play vidya on pc?

what do you do for fun?

>Not at the level that works online drug marketing. I'm at the pedophile level.
Ever bust a senator or congressman/woman? Anything coming down the pipe we might be interested in?

whats the best linux distro thats like windows, thats also safe for privacy issue dudes. Or is nothing safe and theres no point anymore

Thanks for the response. I make about 85. Could be a lot more if I wanted to move.

also why the fuck are you guys not going after the Elsagate bullshit on youtube?
Seriously?
You claim to be the type that goes after pedos amirite?
why the fuck dont you guys do your job

>Not at the level that works online drug marketing. I'm at the pedophile level.

Well, how would you feel if, say the assets from the online drug market were given to your department? Rather than busting adults selling shit to each other, the focus was solely given to breaking down pedo networks?

Honesty is appreciated and I will not criticize you for your honest answer.
I do like hearing the opinions of those from the "other side" if you will.

Thanks in advance.

>the assets from the online drug market department
Fixed for clarity.

Plenty. The worst are when you have to stare at it awhile because of poor quality or bad lighting before you realize you're staring at a dick pic.

You're good bro. I was worried until you said you wiped it with a cloth.

Very much a script kiddy. Started my career as a cop, computer science/engineering is secondary at this point. Linux encryption means case closed.

BK

Before. Work mostly child porn and drug cases.

Yes I know. We don't have those resources though to go after that type of investigation. Fed levels are usually going for those.

Na. I'm a nosey person.

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If you run a hidden service and move servers every three months is there any known way to deanonymize its IP outside of exploits?

What's your take on the Debbie Wasserman Schultz IT scandal? Elaborate much as you can

Point taken. Drug markets should start limiting the shit that can be sold.
The latest one, Hansa, had banned opioid sales before it was shut down in fact.

Any decent market really should put the kibbash on opioid trash. And credit card shit.
As for weapons, whatever. Gun laws are bullshit anyway.

Why did you post here?

What type of police work did you do prior to computer forensics?

I was a LARPER for a few months many years ago. I've grown a bit.

Don't forget javascript. We don't use gentoo. When messing around Linux we stick with Kali, Red Hat, and SIFT

Sitting outside your window now.

Exactly that. My whole life is computers. I go for a run sometimes but it's usually a miserable time.

Biggest I got was a deputy sheriff. Need to step up my game.

If you're looking to switch to Linux without learning much Linux stick with Ubuntu. Closest you'll get that I've found. If you worried about security gets TAILS. Don't use them as virtual machines, it's useless.

i thought ubuntu was google made now? I thought of ubuntu but i hate those cancerous squares do you know how to change the dock to circles?

Do feds have access to private facebook conversations?

>Sitting outside your window now.
Are you that tranny hooker? You look savvy

What about the reptilians or ayylamos? Ever found anything truly unexplainable or anomalous?

Have you come across any factual proof of alien existance?

Tell me how much you fear TempleOS and its inevitable adoption by the public as God's One True OS?

>kali
>just a stale os with pentesting tools installed

>Linux encryption means case closed.
Explain please?

Also, my last question. Please answer before the thread dies later.

How do you guys avoid becoming attracted to the very thing you wish to stop?
Knowing what I do of psychology, I know there's always a danger that, even when unintended, one can become attracted to something he once despised. I've seen it countless times over the years.

How do you avoid that fucking problem? Again, not here to judge, just interested in the psychology, much like you seem to be.
Pornography can be such and insidious thing.

Damn senpai... I got some shit that will BLOW YOUR MIND

CIA glow-in-the-dark niggers.

I just quit smoking weed recently.
Will being a past user affect getting a job in the IC if i were to apply in 2 years?

Because it's not illegal? Creepy as fuck but not illegal. YouTube needs to take care of that shit.

Honestly, we'd make more money bringing down the drug marketing stuff than the pedo network stuff. We often seize equipment used for the pedo cases but that's not much money.

You've asked a question that I have no idea how to answer. So there's your answer. There's live box forensics and dead box forensics. While we do SOME live box stuff, mostly our investigations is dead box.

The only thing I can add is that I'm friends with someone in the industry that confirmed both sides were aware of Russian hacking and were hiring firms to handle it. As far as the "bleaching" and stuff they knew exactly what they were doing.

Drinking and bored. Figured some folks would find it interesting. My answers may be boring af though so idk. Was a street cop > high school resource officer > street cop > fraud investigator > internet crimes investigator > computer forensic examiner

Is it? No idea.

The new encryption stuff? No. Well, local agencies don't. NSA type? Who knows what they have access to.

God I wish. It would make the job more exciting.

No :(

Agree completely. That's why it's nice for people like us that need stuff quick and free.

Can't get around it if it's a strong enough passcode. Feds might, but I doubt it. Unless there's a backdoor we're unaware of it's not getting penetrated.

You're not stupid enough to admit to smoking weed are you?
Unless you've been caught or have a paper trail of some kind.

Some things are okay to lie about if your heart is in the right place. No one's an angel.

Do you ever feel like another cog in a huge, lumbering, inefficient machine?

Anything that scares you? That you see inadequately addressed wrt your work?

I was told polygraph tests are used in the interview process. I just assumed it was unavoidable.

>Honestly, we'd make more money bringing down the drug marketing stuff than the pedo network stuff. We often seize equipment used for the pedo cases but that's not much money.

I meant more manpower, more focus, ETC. I know the money is in another league. Unless you're talking about the elites who deal in tens of millions for cargo containers full of underage. But sadly, you guys would never be allowed to bust those assholes.

When will this dnc it muslim shit finally be revealed to everyone

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>Agree completely. That's why it's nice for people like us that need stuff quick and free
Why haven't you LEO types put out an ask for an updated OS/toolkit? I'd bet you'd find someone willing to knock that out for you.

meditation.

FOX is carrying the story. I'm pretty sure I heard them mention that Muslim Brotherhood was a likely recipient of much of the intel they leeched.

Look up how to swing those. There's a reason the shit can't be used in court. They're easily beaten.
As I said, if your heart is in the right place. If you're an asshole, don't bother. Please be sensible. Adult to adult here.

Anything about Bohemian Club?

Also how about pedofilia in Hollywood?

Do you get paid to look at kitten porn or do you just search for hashes?

Also how many times have you had to look at my dick pic, and do you like how my dick looks, is it a e s t h e t i c?

It's hard. I become "detached" when at work. I listen to music or watch Netflix to keep my mind off what I'm looking at. When a cute teen pops up that you're not sure if it's illegal or not it's tempting to find it sexy. Trying to stay detached is the biggest thing so that you don't "register" what you're looking at. Does that make sense?

Depends on the agency and the needs. A lot are starting to overlook marijuana. Your two options are to be honest or lie. If there's a lie detector involved and you choose to lie be ready to beat the test. Guess it depends on the agency you're trying to get in to as far as what my advice is. Local agency? Lie and beat the polygraph because it's not going to be that hard. CIA level? Tell the truth and prepare to argue why you'd be a good candidate.

Yep. But that's going to be the same anywhere. I've worked child molestation cases where the evidence I found saved a kid. It's the only reason I haven't switched to the private industry yet. I'd like to think I'm making a difference. The only thing that is inadequately addressed at work is the advancement of technology. But that is something that is global. As companies and people become more aware of their privacy our jobs will be useless.

Oh absolutely. We can't compete with the manpower it would take to follow these cases. The federal level may be able to take on these but your local level is nowhere near close to taking on this kind of stuff.

How about online gambling on sports or poker? Do you guys even pursue as long as the mob isn't involved? Asking for a buddy.

What do you get out of throwing people in prison for drawings?

Not at that level. Wish I was, that would be cool as hell to be involved with that kind of take down.

Both. Look for hashes first, the a manual search of the rest.

It looks amazing. Good job.

It's legal in my state so we don't care.

Same as above. Drawings are legal in my state so we don't care.

>Honestly, we'd make more money bringing down the drug marketing stuff than the pedo network stuff.

It's not about making money.

>Does that make sense?
Absolutely, and I figured as much. I get that way here sometimes. I'd go nuts otherwise.
Or I use comedy. Comedy is the greatest toll for displacing bad thinking in my experience.

And thanks for the honesty. I don't agree with the feds doing this work personally, as from what I've seen it's just not going to impact our world to any degree in the end.
BUT, I do appreciate the desire to do the work and get rid of certain pieces of riffraff. I know what drives you, that is.

I hate assholes too. Cheers.

Here. A token of my good will.

What is the best way to host a hidden service?

this:
SQL Server
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apache server ------------> nginx server -----------> hidden service -----> user

Then obfuscating the files on the apache server (where the site is stored) and the SQL Server will have Always Encrypted enabled.

Any way to prevent the hosting provider from stealing my private key for the hidden service?
Anyways to prevent my hosting provider from snooping on what I'm doing?
Won't it look suspicious with lots of TOR traffic leaving the hidden service server?

Is it better to host at a reputable hosting provider or a 'bullet proof' one? I'll use bitcoin to purchase, along with other measure to protect my identity.

Thinking about the long term damage it does to people, and society, if it spirals out of control.

This is the only image associated with a public restaurant.
Does this image tell you anything about the establishment in question?

Hmm...is this Chad with DPD?

How do i get started in computer forensics?

How do you feel about LS-Studio material?

A friend of mine and that neofag mod Goldberg whatever was busted for it and I can't help but think that's kind of shit considering the people that made it 13 years ago didn't get any prison time but now my brother is a violent sex offender.

Cheers. I hope you are the guy who gets Alefantis and Brock. They'll make you head of section.

did you have to take a polygraph? if so, what was it like?

Bump

Opinion of QubesOS?

How long have you been probing /pol

how many people have you put in prison for manufactured evidence?

That doesn't always work. As I said, porn can be an insidious fucker.
Lots of good men have fallen to sexual imagery, whether imagined or hardwritten.

That's why I love 2D. For me, it's been a way to keep any demons away. I can satiate a niggling lust with a quick fap to a dojin or whatnot and not have to wrangle with the troubles 3D porn brings. Because the shit is after all just drawings. If not for 2D, I might very well have ended up like the fools OP busts, and part of that destructive "culture" or whatever it is.

Dog bless hentai.

Kurt? Is that you?

Don't bother with Gentoo, use Ubuntu (or Kubuntu or Mint or Centos or .. ). There's no point to Gentoo.
t. former Gentoo user

Ubuntu is the most widely used, and has the most help available online.

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Unfortunately it is. We have a Drug Task Force that brings in over a million dollars a year where as our computer forensics costs almost 200K a year. When you're dealing with an agency that depends on the income of money they will favor the ones that bring in money over the ones that cost them money. It's like running a business. If a portion of your business only drains money why both funding it anymore? Morally I agree with you, but the powers to be only look at the dollar signs.

I've been drinking a bit tonight so I will admit that your chain was impossible to follow. If you're out to set up a site that is designed to overthrow the government be prepared to figure out the strongest possible way to secure yourself. If you're just looking to download some illegal files or buy some exotic drug stick with a seperate laptop running TAILS or something like that. Local agencies do not have the resources to go beyond subpoenaing an ISP.

There's a 5 year limit on our position just for this reason.

I'd have to download the pic and look for metadata which I'm just going to assume Sup Forums hides. I'd then have to subpoena Sup Forums for the original metadata for the picture because I know they save that data. Once I get the original metadata I'd have to figure out where the picture came from. Once I get where the picture came from I'd have to go to a judge and request a search warrant based on this information. This is, or course, if I was able to find a judge willing to even sign a subpoena on Sup Forums to begin with. In order to get a judge's signature I'd have to be able to explain what a kid laying next to a pizza means. Being that most judges are in their 60s that's going to be challenge. If I'm able to explain that then I'd have to prove that this picture somehow means child pornography and that I'd need to search the location based on this. So the short answer is...no.

How well, if at all do the pedo's communicate? Come across any legitimate rings or organizations? Any cases higher ups ordered you to close for no reason, or any cases unusually transfered to higher echelon investigators?

>...I'd have to download the pic and look for metadata...yyy
would you think that the establishment using that image warrants a closer look? Or is it just a shitty picture of a crappy wall in a dive establishment?

> Ubuntu google-made
No, though they make their own distroy off of the base Ubuntu. They call it ... wait for it ... Gubuntu (or maybe Goobuntu, I forget).

No. It's Steve. How's Katie doing man?

>There's a 5 year limit on our position just for this reason.
This is good to know. Glad to hear someone in the feds is actually taking psychology serious.
The DEA could learn a thing or two from your dept.

Why haven't the FBI or your agency exposed the Greenbergs yet?

Na.

Was always a computer nerd. Started as a deputy sheriff. Worked my way into fraud investigations. Made the argument that a lot of fraud is based online. Got training for online investigations. Worked my way through computer forensic investigations. Moved to an agency specializing in that. A lot of being in the right place at the right time. If you're asking the question for yourself get you a computer science degree. Much quicker and easier and you'll make more money.

It's touchy. Some states it wouldn't even be illegal, my state is one of them. Personally I think it should be outlawed unless the model was of age consent.

The local agency they give you a list of stuff they are going to ask you ahead of time. It takes about 30mins. I also did a polygraph for one of the large federal agencies. They too give you a list of they stuff the MAY ask but will also throw in different stuff to trip you up. Took about 4 hours. There's also the eye test? Where they test your eye movement? To my understanding that one is impossible to fool but I'm not sure which agencies are giving that one.