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Looks like the administration has started disappearing cryptography researchers.

Xiaofeng Wang specialized in confidential computing and malware detection. There are no known charges, and no one can find him. The University he worked for also completely scrubbed any mention of his existence from their websites. Fuck this timeline. 🤦

Looks like the administration has started disappearing cryptography researchers.

Xiaofeng Wang specialized in confidential computing and malware detection. There are no known charges, and no one can find him. The University he worked for also completely scrubbed any mention of his existence from their websites. Fuck this timeline. 🤦
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/

From the comments section it sounds like FISA courts may have been used, adding more opacity. This might be a test case for FISA usage in the context of a foreign national, but FISA can be used much more broadly.

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