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The thread’s main topic is why U.S. federal authorities appear to be closely monitoring and detaining security researcher Moxie Marlinspike after an encounter at Frankfurt Airport. The key question raised is the motive behind the surveillance/detention, with the discussion relying on the initial report that DHS agents had “questions” and followed him from the gate. Overall sentiment is concerned and suspicious, reflecting confusion about the authorities’ reasons for trailing him.
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Why are the feds trailing Moxie Marlinspike?
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in ID, 19th November 2010 19:25 GMT
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Last weekend, as US-based security researcher Moxie Marlinspike snoozed during a layover at the Frankfurt Airport, he awoke to a scene straight out of a Franz Kafka novel.
“Some dude shows up with a picture of me on his cell phone, and he's just looking through the crowd at the gate until he finds me,” Marlinspike told The Register. “He takes me away [and says] 'I have some questions for you that you have to answer.'”
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They all seem to be keeping a close eye on this guy.
Joe
 

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