Chris Roberts, the security researcher who tweeted from a plane about hacking a plane by using the on-board Wi-Fi, had his digital devices seized by the FBI in April. The EFF said the FBI has now returned all his devices – numerous thumb drives and hard drives, a MacBook Pro and iPad. Although April to November would be a long time to wait for your electronics to be returned, an eight-month wait is shorter than a year that security researcher and system admin Christian Haschek had to wait.

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Source: Computer World

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