Xref: utzoo alt.security:1485 alt.folklore.computers:4995 comp.society.futures:2101 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!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: <1NLso3w162w@vector0> Date: 31 Aug 90 23:55:59 GMT References: Organization: Vector Zero Productions Lines: 31 peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > How about this scenario... you're told that there's a great MUD at > [ww.xx.yy.zz], but when you telnet it it's obviously some bozo IBM > mainframe. Is that a felony? What if you connected to the NSA's special spying link? What if you connected to Saddam's system and uncovered his plans to nuke the net with a killer worm? *If* they want to press charges, *if* they can find you, *then* maybe it'd be a _possible_ felony, *if* they can prove intent, but only *if* someone even notices that someone logged on who wasn't supposed to.... [ That's intent to cause harm, BTW ] There is really little chance of a wrong number actually becoming a felony. But if you have felonies stacking up *anyway*, the truth is that a wrong number *can* and probably *will* get added, *if* the phone.cops can figure out you actually called. But there's no such thing as a DNR for telnet, is there? Then the fact that you even called is highly unprovable. > Peter da Silva. `-_-' ______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