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Cryptome Log Subpoenaed

Posted by chrisd on from the john-has-my-tie dept.

PaulBu writes "Stopped by on Cryptome tonight... It seems that their logs have been subpoenaed by Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General Chief, Corruption, Fruad (sic) & Computer Crime Division. Cryptome's answer was that "logs of Cryptome are deleted daily, or more often during heavy traffic, to protect the privacy of visitors to the site." (Good job!) See here"

3 of 492 comments (clear)

  1. Instead of deleting whole log files.... by nautical9 · · Score: 3, Redundant
    ... why not just change the log format to not include any personally trackable data (IP address, username, any cookie info, etc). Using Apache, this is very simple with the CustomLog directive.

    Then you still have proper log files so you can create reports on traffic, bandwidth, and all the other goodies logs are intended for.

  2. Re:Isn't deleting logs an obstruction of justice? by sirket · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

    - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

    -sirket

  3. The Page the Subpeona was About. by Alien54 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    It looks like that someone was trying to scam Cryptome, at least according to the page referances in the now published subpeona.

    Here is the relevant page:

    http://cryptome.sabotage.org/sec-con.htm

    So would making the subpeona public in this case help or hurt the cause?

    --
    "It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"