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Freedom Downtime Released to Video

Posted by michael on from the hard-copy dept.

tomcat writes "For those who don't know, Freedom Downtime is 2600's two hour long documentary that deals with one of the stories the mass media managed to overlook - that of hacker Kevin Mitnick, imprisoned for nearly five years on charges that to this day remain unclear."

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  1. Screw Mitnick. by billn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Make no mistake about it: Kevin Mitnick is a criminal, and a repeat offender.

    The last time he got caught, it's because he was STUPID. He stole credit card info, and BRAGGED about it. He is not some innocent script kiddie who thought DoS attacks were harmless.

    Before anyone gets off on a 'Free Kevin' rant, keep this at the forefront: He was tried, convicted, and put in jail on more than one occasion. He was released, and then violated his parole.

    That said, "Fuck Kevin". Don't get your grassroots panties in a wad over some seemingly oppressive violation of his rights until you've read the entire mess of data on the matter.

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    - billn