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From: gordon@sneaky.UUCP (Gordon Burditt)
Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology
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Date: 26 Aug 90 09:21:49 GMT
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>}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.

I know a lot of people who have called a number they knew had a human
on the other end, and connected with their human.  It was a number they had
no legitimate reason to call.  Their saying there was no damage doesn't mean
there wasn't any.  If nothing else, they tied up that number and caused
a temporary denial of service to the legitimate callers.  They also
wasted the time of the human on the other end.
JAIL TELEMARKETERS AND WRONG-NUMBER DIALERS (for the FIRST offense)!

Do we really want to fill up the jails this badly?  

						Gordon L. Burditt
						sneaky.lonestar.org!gordon