[dave at farber.net: [IP] blackmail / real world stego use]

[Steve Schear]

At 10:36 PM 8/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>To be real clever, he did not approach the website
> >with the car adds directly. Police found out the add was approached
> >trough a US anonymizer called SURFOLA.com. SURFOLA.com claims on their
> >website :
> >"We will not give out your name, residence address, or e-mail address
> >to any third parties without your permission, for any reason, at any
> >time, ever."
> >
> >The Utrecht police informed the FBI, and asked for assistance. Within
> >24 hours, the FBI cracked the case, supplying the Dutch police with
> >a '@wxs.nl' e-mail address and some paypal.com financial data.
> >This data led to the 45 year old chip programmer.
> >After his identity was known, the police ofcourse started surveillance on
> >him. The 'desert terrorist' was arrested red-handed when he withdrew money
> >from an ATM using the world-card copy....

He should have used a open WiFi hotspot at someone's home in a neighborhood 
far from his home.

steve