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Xiaofeng Wang, a prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity, has gone incommunicado.

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Xiaofeng Wang, a longtime computer science professor at Indiana University, has disappeared along with his wife, and their profiles on the school's website were wiped ahead of recent FBI raids.

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-- WIRED (@wired.com) March 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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This is a sampling of the cyber-security research Xiaofeng Wang conducted:

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 05:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The NYT article about the arrival of the American police state is true. Due process and the Bill of Rights have been shredded:

"The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the US Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for issuing warrants: warrants must be issued by a judge or magistrate, justified by probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and must particularly describe the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized (important or not)."

In Germany, anyone arrested for suspicion of any crime (federal, state, municipal, immigration) must be seen by a magistrate within 24 hours or by law they must be released.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 02:47 PM | Reply

"court authorized law enforcement activity"

The way that is phrased, it sure sounds like we did not have a warrant, nor did we feel the need to get one.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 02:50 PM | Reply

Bulk registration scamming.. proxy scamming.. architecture analysis..

Definitely someone whom Edward Snowden could appreciate.

#4 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 05:31 PM | Reply

I posted Xiaofeng Wang's research because the scientists on DR would be able to explain the implications. So, our "disappeared" victim is an Edward Snowden-caliber (or more) software network analyst. This is not the FBI I am accustomed to and the few friends I had there have retired already. One of the 15 US District Judges or Magistrates in the Southern District of Indiana must have signed the search and seizure warrant: www.insd.uscourts.gov

Here are photos of the raid; no sign of Xiaofeng Wang or his wife: bloomingtonian.com

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 06:00 PM | Reply

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