On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Balu Raman <[email protected]> wrote: > This kind of ignorance is very dangerous. Every now and then, I spend time > at Bees Knees Rest in Morrisville, and I used to proudly sport my Ubuntu > label on my laptop. The other day, I was casually chatting with the woman > who owns that place and she referred to me as the guy who breaks into > computers and she jokingly asked me if her files on her computer were safe. > This is because, in the past, I informed her that her access point was > totally open, with no password protection, and gave her a lecture about how > to protect herself, and asked her as to who was helping her. > If I remember, this is a 3rd or 4th such case in Boston - the Charly subway > case, and an MIT undergrad got her head almost blown away at Logan because > she was wearing some T-shirt with flashing leds to impress recruiters on a > career day at MIT. > regards, > -balu >
Here is the link to the warrant affadavit that I referred to in my previous post: http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/inresearchBC/EXHIBIT-A.pdf It seems as though the fact that this kid runs linux is nothing more than a side story. He has been accused by his roommate of various crimes (while an accusation != guilt, it is enough to start an investigation) and he has been singled out as being involved in some of the things he is accused of via DNS and DHCP records. As for the MIT girl at the airport with the flashing shirt, I mean, honestly. Had she been living under a rock for the last few years? Here is a link to Wired, with a picture of what she was wearing: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/09/mit-student-arr.html A little common sense goes a long way :) Kevin
