Isn't there a "Journalism" exception to all criminal statutes? Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [email protected]
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:45 PM To: Larry Seltzer Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] BBC Crosses The Line Again -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Larry Seltzer <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think this is quite the same thing. The objectionable part of > it, I assume, is that they paid for stolen credit cards. But they > concluded the investigation in such a way that the perpetrator got > caught. And they didn't hack anyone's computer to do it. > I guess "possession of stolen property" doesn't apply in the UK... - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFJw8gYq1pz9mNUZTMRAsZ9AKCrudjUPr04YzFZsDdlpJSMZ6tJKwCgs3Q9 jLM+x8ImlwZCgAjO9kmW2OI= =cme6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
