Xref: utzoo alt.security:1443 alt.folklore.computers:4912 comp.society.futures:2055 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!unmvax!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!cucard!rockyd!cmcl2!phri!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!sumax!halcyon!ralphs From: ralphs@halcyon.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 90 08:48:54 GMT References: <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Organization: The 23:00 News Lines: 25 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. I don't think we're getting the whole story here. Perhaps his access to the 'system' was by other-than-legal means, such as using a credit-card that wasn't his, an illegal computer access account, etc. You _could_ receive a felony charge on each _attempt_ to access a system in that manner. > (You should've had a better lawyer too, I think that would've helped, or > maybe you underestimated how unfree this country really is) The system does work. We just don't have the whole story, and based on the gentleman's previous statments, we might not get it, due to one of the conditions of his parole related to his computer access. However, this shouldn't prevent someone with intimate knowledge of what transpired from bringing us up to speed. -- No matter who you elect, the Government still gets in.