On 5/8/19 3:34 AM, Ryan Carboni wrote:
It is to my understanding that if I were to ask for technical advice on a web forum under a different username, people would be made aware of my identity by government investigators monitoring me. Which is not ordinarily a problem, but considering I was framed about a decade ago, it is.
That sounds like standard police work to me. When an investigatory agency receives a directive to take someone down, or individuals in such agencies develop personal a personal grudge against someone, they shift gears from passive observation to active harassment. A very long time ago, I fed a snitch "bad information" on purpose, then turn him against his buddies in blue. He was fishing for information about criminal activities some of my old friends never did, and that /really/ pissed me off. It turned out that 'they' already had me listed for disposal, so my instincts did not mislead me: I had nothing to lose by kicking their shins... According to my source, the principal technique police investigators use to dispose of inconvenient people consists of interviewing their employers, any 'friends of the force' they may happen to know. Their leading questions paint a picture of the victim as a member of a terrorist conspiracy, an uncaught serial rapist, or whatever else the interviewee would most strongly react to. After learning all they can about the targeted individual from these interviews, investigators sit back and let the seeds they have planted do their work. The victim usually finds him or herself unemployed soon enough after the employer has "learned the truth." Keeping the targeted individual unemployed by poisoning background checks, and/or by responding promptly with the above mentioned tactics when any new employer files State documents (sometimes within hours these days, thanks to Surveillance State infrastructure) follows. How can a targeted individual turn this off? In some cases, a criminal conviction - any criminal conviction - might do the trick: Mission accomplished, etc. In some cases, moving to another State might do the trick - if the scope of the harassment does not extend past a County or State agency. Just maintaining a low profile and allowing time to pass might reduce the active harassment below the threshold where it matters. In some instances, explaining the situation to a potential employer in advance of the approach by a hostile party might - but lots of luck finding prospects who would not assume you're a paranoid looney. :o/