Chapter 748 Anonymous Email
The orange light was dim, stubbornly occupying a space of brightness for the coming late night.
Los Angeles is the second largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is an extremely large steel city. Between the scattered reinforced concrete buildings are alleys of various colors filled with shadows.
This place may be full of garbage and smelly puddles, or it may hide many unknown but dangerous secrets.
At this moment, in an equally deep alley.
The wall in front of the alley was covered with large, exaggerated graffiti in cold tones. A homeless man whose clothes could barely be considered clean was looking around with a nervous expression. Any normal person could see that he had something up his mind.
There weren't many people coming to the alley at night. Even if someone saw them, they would just ignore them and walk past quickly.
He looked around for a long time, until he heard a sound in the alley. The homeless man's heart sank, and he made up his mind to walk in.
"Where's the goods?"
"Here...here."
Faced with the "threat", the homeless man trembled all over, quickly reached into his pocket, and took out a palm-sized paper box.
From the label on the box, it is a mobile phone.
Of course, it must be a superficial disguise.
The tramp thought.
Before he lost everything, he was a normal person, well-educated, and had watched thrilling police and gangster movies. He felt that this must be some dark deal that could not be told.
Why did this kind of thing happen to me?
The homeless man sighed inwardly, thinking that he was really unlucky. He just wanted to see if there was any free food being distributed in front of the church, but he was captured by two "sneaky" people.
Although the other party said that he could refuse and had the right to choose, Sean, who had been wandering for more than a year, had already seen the darkness of this city and was already aware of some of the unspoken rules.
Countless experiences and experiences have taught Sean: When you meet certain people and ask you to do something that seems normal, you have no choice.
Not to mention that one of the duo's instincts told him that he was not someone to be trifled with.
Having been among the homeless for a long time, Sean has seen many dangerous elements and developed many keen perceptions. He can tell that many people are not easy to deal with just one glance, but those people are no match for the man in front of him.
It's not just a question of whether it's dangerous or not, it's more like - encountering a large carnivore...
Rather than waiting for the other party to coerce you, it is better to agree honestly and save your dignity.
"And here's the remaining money."
"Didn't I tell you that the rest is your reward? Take it."
Bifang refused the remaining change, took the paper box handed to him by Sean and opened it impatiently.
Sean's eyes widened. Is this something I can see without paying a price?
The cardboard box was quickly opened, revealing a cheap-looking mobile phone. But it didn't matter, as long as it worked.
Bifang pressed the power button and the screen lit up quickly. He didn't notice that Sean's body next to him was trembling slightly.
It turned out to be a mobile phone!
He thought there would be some contraband in it, but things seemed to be more complicated than he thought. What was in the phone?
The privacy of those senior officials? The leverage of some important politician? Or some deeper transaction?
This is much more dangerous than contraband!
The former has to deal with the police, while the latter is life-threatening!
"I always feel like there's something wrong with your thinking."
Yao Jun put his arm around Sean's shoulders and stopped his trembling. He looked around and found that the atmosphere at the scene was indeed a little strange. It was inevitable that the other party was afraid, so he couldn't help but joked, "You don't think we are doing any illegal activities, do you?"
Isn’t it?
Sean twitched his lips.
"Relax man, it's just a reality show..."
Bifang, who was operating the machine nearby, was stunned when he heard this. He actually hadn't noticed this.
There must be surveillance cameras in mobile phone stores, so it is easy to be exposed, so I can only ask for help, and the best person to find is naturally a homeless person.
When looking for a homeless person to purchase something for you, of course you have to find one that is reliable. Otherwise, if he takes the money and runs away, you'd be a Muggle. You also have to be careful about getting in trouble with gang members.
The man in front of me was quite eye-catching among the homeless people. Although his clothes were a bit simple, they were not sloppy. The colors were faded and turned pale under the street lights. At first glance, he was a reliable person who had not fallen into depravity.
By the time Yao Jun finished explaining, Bifang's operation was finally completed.
He used the new phone to send an anonymous email.
The phones in the United States can be inserted with physical phone cards, but most of the operators in the United States do not use the card insertion mode. This is another small detail that is different from China. Therefore, the mobile phones here can be bought and used directly.
It's actually not that difficult to send an anonymous email.
Password-protected email accounts and Wi-Fi connections are child's play in the eyes of modern hackers, who are a combination of master thieves, con men, and experienced creeps.
To thwart them, members of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory developed Tor, an anonymous network that can be used as a secure communication tool.
Tor encrypts and sends information through a series of volunteer servers located around the world, thereby avoiding traceable electronic forensics.
By disguising the sender's origin, the network protects the sender's geographic location from third parties; anonymous email accounts that are not linked to their names or identities provide additional protection.
Free Wi-Fi hotspots are notoriously unsecured and vulnerable to hacking, but they can be extremely useful for people who need anonymity.
To set up an anonymous browsing session, go somewhere outside of regular mode and access a free WiFi that doesn't require a login or password. Next, download Tails, an operating system that runs on Tor for ease of use and doesn't save any browsing information.
Once loaded, it's easy to create a brand new, completely anonymous email using Tails.
But this is still not safe, because normally, if investigators want to catch a criminal, they not only monitor the target's network, but also the networks of the target's relatives and friends.
Bifang has a large circle of friends, and naturally no one dares to monitor a business person like Lin Chang, as it would cause big problems.
Contacting him would be considered cheating, so Bifang would not do that. Fortunately, he had many foreign friends, such as Jarrett, Mugalen, and even the Disney employee he had just met.
This time, Bifang contacted Lao Mu.
Mu Jialun has appeared on variety shows several times. Although he is a little famous, he is still relatively ordinary in Bifang's circle of friends. The two have a good relationship and have visited each other's homes. Mu Jialun is a good "money-borrowing" partner.
After the undercover pursuit begins, the only money you can use is the 500 gold coins given by the program team. However, during the escape, you can borrow money from relatives and friends, which is also allowed by the rules. You can do so as long as you are not exposed.
"After going around in circles, I ended up back here."
Bifang said self-deprecatingly.
