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From: a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: "The Scene of the Crime"
Message-ID: <3398@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 90 16:40:05 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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Does anybody know how computer crime across international boundaries is going
to be dealt with?  With the current telecommunications system, it's become
obvious that you could be halfway across the world from the "scene of the
crime."

Say I break into the US Secret Service's computer and subtly alter all of their
payroll and information files (gee, I wonder where a fantasy like THAT could
come from? :-)).  What could they do about it, since I'm a Canadian citizen and
reside in Canada?  What if I did it from a country that has no laws at all
related to "crimes of information?"

cjs
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