Xref: utzoo alt.security:1423 alt.folklore.computers:4874 comp.society.futures:2040 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!srhqla!quad1!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: <19375@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 24 Aug 90 19:29:07 GMT References: <1990Aug20.180703.3667@eng.umd.edu> <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 19 In article <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes: }>> > }>> > I was busted and the feds laided 8 felony counts on me, basically }>> >all the same: I called a number and connected. There was no damage, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ }All I can say is that a country where a person can get 8 felony counts for }just CALLING A PHONE NUMBER, is not a free country. He didn't just call a number. He called a number he knew had a modem on the other end and connected with his modem. It was a number he had no legitimate reason to call. His saying there was no damage doesn't mean there wasn't any. If nothing else, he tied up that number and caused a temporary denial of service to the legitimate users. -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@ttidca.tti.com) Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp(+)TTI Illegitimis non 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 450-9111, x2483 Carborundum Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun | philabs | psivax}!ttidca!hollombe