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Russian Student Arrested For Revealing DirecTV Secrets

An anonymous reader writes "The Associated Press is reporting the arrest of Igor Serebryany, 19, of Los Angeles for industrial espionage under the Economic Espionage Act of 1996. Serebryany is accused of providing details of DirecTVs 'P4' card technology to a number of websites."

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  1. Open up - it's me Dave. by bobdotorg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dave's not here.

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    __ Someday, but not this morning, I'll finally learn to use the preview button.
  2. Free Igor! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This space was intentionally left blank

  3. In Soviet Russia... by TrekCycling · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...The DirectTV P4 cards hand out information about you over the web.

  4. Re:Our legal system... by geek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    We lock people up with mental problems all day everyday. We don't lock up insane people, thats entirely different. Insane is the inability to distinguish right fromw wrong. Mental problems are nervous twitches and inabilities to socialize with your neighbors.

    Just because daddy beat you as a kid doesn't mean you get a walk on the assualt and battery of someone in a park. You don't get to become a serial killer and get away with it because mommy didn't love you.

    The legal system is supposed to be cold, if it wasnt then every inmate in jail would have some cry baby story about mommy beating him with a broom and daddy fondling little Johnny's balls until he was 16.

    We tried the liberal approach in law enforcement. It lead to the twinkie defence where a man got off for killing a mayor because he ate to many twinkies and the resulting sugar high made him legally insane.

  5. In Soviet Russia, by uberstool · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    more than one of him is called a Beowulf clusterfuck.

  6. Re:Sounds about right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Speaking of Magellan has anyone hacked the Magellan handheld gps units so you can download your own maps and not have to use their overpriced and out of date maps.

  7. Re:Fry him by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Umm...I am an American and I thought you meant he should get the Chair. I've never used "fry him" in reference to a criminal and not meant "death by electrocution". Nor have I heard anyone else use it any other way. Are you sure YOU aren't the one confused on the use of "American slang"?