Xref: utzoo alt.security:1428 alt.folklore.computers:4877 comp.society.futures:2045 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!sactoh0!vector0!jon From: jon@vector0 (A Product of Society) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: Date: 25 Aug 90 20:47:16 GMT References: <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Organization: Vector Zero Productions Lines: 28 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. Not just calling a number, but connecting... At this point, not everyone has a modem, so everyone knows only hackers would break the law, right? The laws (California penal code) were written by a paranoid person who knows nothing about computers. And they also haven't been tested in court. (And don't let them be! Anyone who gets busted should *immediately* settle out-of-court) > -- > Sameer Parekh | Disclaimer: I do not work for anyone. > Libertyville IL 60048 | ()_____________ () > (708)-362-9659 | / \ > zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM | ~~~~/~~~~~~~\~~~~ ______Whoa!... Jon ..??$!...ames!pacbell!sactoh0!vector0!jon Internet: sactoh0!vector0!jon@pacbell.com "It's hard to believe that the entire fate of the world lies in the hands of the Phone Company." --- War of the Worlds