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

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988 points heavyset_go | 1 comments | 16 Sep 25 12:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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1970-01-01 ◴[16 Sep 25 13:31 UTC] No.45262018[source]▶
It's very important to get the official source on this one. Husband was legally restricted and being monitored by the FBI, so he decided to go install a VM to bypass the monitoring. It's not so much bravery against authority as it is hubris that got him 3 years.

https://rockenhaus.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/U.S.-v.-Ro...

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NotMichaelBay ◴[16 Sep 25 14:31 UTC] No.45262767[source]▶
Since it seems to have been glossed over in the court transcript, can anyone explain how exactly a VM or client for remote VM could be used to bypass the monitoring?

Wouldn't the monitoring software capture any application's network activities, including a client for a Remote VM? I'm imagining something like Wireshark?

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1. Almondsetat ◴[16 Sep 25 15:01 UTC] No.45263261[source]▶
Monitoring software installed at the OS level can monitor both traffic and what applications generate it. But if the traffic is coming from a VM, it can only do the former.