Xref: utzoo alt.security:1473 alt.folklore.computers:4959 comp.society.futures:2089 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology Message-ID: <1990Aug29.203957.2456@eng.umd.edu> Date: 29 Aug 90 20:39:57 GMT References: <1990Aug23.235734.9401@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <19375@ttidca.TTI.COM> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 23 In article <19375@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) writes: >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. Oh, f*k that. Using those grounds I could charge most salespeople with a few felony counts. (They call me, they have no legitimate reason to call (I don't consider trying to get me to buy product 'X' legitimate), they sometimes cause damage by filling up my answering machine tape, and they do indeed cause a denial of service to people I want calling me). -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.