US Gov / FBI: Our Secrets Are Too Precious, Move Along

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/doj-drops-case-against-child-porn-suspect-rather-than-disclose-fbi-hack/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/5xfr9c/fbi_drops_playpen_case_to_avoid_revealing_details/

Federal prosecutors just dropped charges against a child pornography
suspect rather than reveal the source code for their Tor exploit. Of
the 200 cases they're prosecuting nationwide, this is only the second
one where the FBI has asked that the case be dismissed. "Disclosure is
not currently an option," federal prosecutors wrote in a court ruling
Friday. The Department of Justice is still prosecuting 135 different
people believed to have accessed an illegal child pornography web
site. Before shutting it down, the FBI seized the site and operated it
themselves for 13 more days, which allowed them to deploy malware to
expose the users' real IP addresses.