The problem is that the ~context~ rarely follows the (now) precedent that gets established. That's why issues of over-criminalization are even hard to tackle.
Not to mention any of the previously mentioned difficulties of (effectively) an adversary w/ unlimited resources that can "legally" handicap you up-front and a jury that is predisposed to convict. It's even more unfortunate that such a polarizing character is involved. Anyhow... Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends. Be well, -Ali On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen < [email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 21, 2012 9:08 AM, "Dave Aitel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's obvious to anyone with any technical background that the case the > FBI brought against him is a travesty, and the fact that they won is even > more insane. It's this sort of thing that makes it obvious the DHS doesn't > understand the Internet, and shouldn't be given more control over > > I agree generally, but the evidence is pretty clear: > > "Auernheimer admitted conducting the breach to tarnish AT&T’s reputation" > > This seems preconceived and an attempt to defame ATT. Those two facts > alone seem to constitute enough for legal action following the script > probes, but I am also not a lawyer. ATT doesn't seem to have a get out of > jail free card for security folk testing for weaknesses. All combined, you > go to jail when someone snitches on you. > > I also had words with weev five years ago. He is definitely a troll to > anyone that knows him, so the story hits home. He has done much worse than > what this breach brought to light, as you point out. > > I am also still troubled by the outcome of course because the "hack" is > really just twiddling some integers (direct object reference), which works > on 99% of websites today to "breach" private data. I would bet lots of > people on this lost have probably done the same and are not in jail. Then > again, we probably didn't chat about it for hours and attempt to defame a > corporation. We are mostly white hats here right? Maybe only a slight tint > of gray? ;) > > Happy thanksgiving! > > _______________________________________________ > Dailydave mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave > > > >
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