{"id":3249,"date":"2021-10-14T06:37:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T04:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/14\/leave-no-trace-how-a-teenage-hacker-lost-himself-online\/"},"modified":"2021-10-14T06:37:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T04:37:47","slug":"leave-no-trace-how-a-teenage-hacker-lost-himself-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/14\/leave-no-trace-how-a-teenage-hacker-lost-himself-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activities<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Robbe was leaving her place of work in Rotterdam when she saw a man and a woman walking towards her. It was a Tuesday afternoon, 20 March 2012. \u201cAre you Mrs Robbe?\u201d She nodded. The woman, who was wearing jeans and a black windcheater, explained that she was with the police. \u201cI\u2019d like to talk to you for a minute. It\u2019s about your son, Edwin. We\u2019re arresting him.\u201d Jos\u00e9 stared, frozen. The woman asked if she would accompany them. Warily, Jos\u00e9 agreed.<\/p>\n<p>At the police car, the officer told her they intended to surprise her son at the family home in Barendrecht, just south of Rotterdam, and arrest him on the spot. She asked if Jos\u00e9 wanted to be there for her son\u2019s arrest. \u201cNo,\u201d she replied grimly. It felt as if she had just betrayed her son. To stand by and watch would make it even worse. The police asked Jos\u00e9 for her house keys and dropped her off at a plaza by the local supermarket a few blocks from her house. She felt terrible as the officers drove away to arrest her eldest child, just a troubled 17-year-old. A little while later, three officers emerged from the house, escorting Edwin between them. He offered no resistance.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/oct\/14\/leave-no-trace-how-a-teenage-hacker-lost-himself-online\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6cf746e09dc9f53ed92653319727f03c8e04c4cd\/193_254_3695_2218\/master\/3695.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=581e1453f1cf580515632afde2cbb9fa\" title=\"Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online\" \/>Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activities<br \/>\nJos\u00e9 Robbe was leaving her place of work in Rotterdam when she saw a man and a woman walking towards her. It was a Tuesday afternoon, 20 March 2012. \u201cAre you Mrs Robbe?\u201d She nodded. The woman, who was wearing jeans and a black windcheater, explained that she was with the police. \u201cI\u2019d like to talk to you for a minute. It\u2019s about your son, Edwin. We\u2019re arresting him.\u201d Jos\u00e9 stared, frozen. The woman asked if she would accompany them. Warily, Jos\u00e9 agreed.<br \/>\nAt the police car, the officer told her they intended to surprise her son at the family home in Barendrecht, just south of Rotterdam, and arrest him on the spot. She asked if Jos\u00e9 wanted to be there for her son\u2019s arrest. \u201cNo,\u201d she replied grimly. It felt as if she had just betrayed her son. To stand by and watch would make it even worse. The police asked Jos\u00e9 for her house keys and dropped her off at a plaza by the local supermarket a few blocks from her house. She felt terrible as the officers drove away to arrest her eldest child, just a troubled 17-year-old. A little while later, three officers emerged from the house, escorting Edwin between them. He offered no resistance. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activities Jos\u00e9 Robbe was leaving her place of work in Rotterdam when she saw a man and a woman walking towards her. 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