Man jailed for parole violations after refusing to decrypt his Tor node

I've seen this other cases like this.

1. The fbi asks you to be an informant or "cooperate" with an investigation in some way.

2. If you refuse, they investigate you, and basically throw the book at you.

Every government agency works this way to the extent that they are able to.

Your local building commissioner or whatever just has a lot less money and muscle on tap and much more circuitous access to court judgements in their favor than the FBI does. Differences in their strategic and tactical approach is a reflection of this.

Well, it's punching down. If you are a big corporation or otherwise have the means to fight back, you don't have much to fear.

people talk a lot about how much they're against punching down, but I don't actually see that many people itching to take on Dwayne Johnson. The fact is for humans and organizations who are punching, punching down is generally their preferred method.

The man who is the subject of the original post did indeed take on the FBI, who have then given him a figurative and possibly literal good kicking.

I didn't say there are no people who ever punch up, but nowhere near as many people who talk about it, most people punch down when they're in a punching mood.

They also do their best to try and force you in a corner and get you to lie, since lying to them is a felony. Then they use that as leverage to scare you further.