http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/att-hacker-found-guilty/
So I'm no fan of Weev aka Andrew Auernheimer. The man is seriously
disturbed and it's odd to see people support him
https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/271067146145107968 on Twitter.
Just as an example, here's some bizarre rape
Entirely agreed - and while all occupations are at risk for
over-criminalization, InfoSec is also at an intersection point with major
political narrative. Like many Academics were put at risk right after 9/11
for research that had always been in the public eye.
It's worth your time to read the
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Dave Aitel wrote:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/att-hacker-found-guilty/
So I'm no fan of Weev aka Andrew Auernheimer. The man is seriously
disturbed and it's odd to see people support him
https://twitter.com/maradydd/status/271067146145107968 on Twitter.
On Nov 21, 2012 9:08 AM, Dave Aitel d...@immunityinc.com 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
There was some healthy discussion on twitter yesterday about potential
fallout in terms of new laws or legislature - the way these people tend
to handle things they find scary is the same way the TSA does. Some guy
puts a bomb in his shoes? Everyone has to take their shoes off to get
xrayed. Some
It's a bit frustrating to have a security professional equate this case to
peering in a window.
As part of my research, I am googling for new SIM technology and the keywords
that go along with it often. Results show spreadsheets and other files that may
be relevant to me, but which clearly
On Nov 21, 2012, at 11:20 AM, J. Oquendo wrote:
How many individuals here have either 1) Sat on a jury for
a tech case 2) been involved in a tech case that went to
trial? ... *crickets*
Raises Hand ( 1 ) .
A few times
In one case that I can share I was sitting through the Jury
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Daniel Clemens wrote:
Raises Hand ( 1 ) .
A few times
In one case that I can share I was sitting through the Jury selection
process.
It was interesting since this ended up being a child exploitation case and
the defendant was stating that somehow a 'virus'
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
