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[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 12 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

They want to prosecute peope in open court so using the NSA to id people would be inconvenient (but not impossible).

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Exactly, known as parallel construction, they find a plausible way to have found what they illegally know to use it publicly.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

They've probably already ID'd them. Now they just need Reddit to "volunteer" the info that DickSwanger420 is actually Marvin Peterson from Boise.