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Arrested for Planting Spyware on College Compus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the serves-him-right dept.

AndrewM1 writes "In what may serve as a cautionary tale for people who use computers in public areas, Douglas Boudreau allegedly installed keystroke-monitoring software on more than 100 computers at Boston College and then watched as thousands of people sent e-mail, downloaded files and banked online. He then stole $2000 with the information he gleamed."

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  1. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Information wants to be free! I don't see that he did anything wrong. GNU forever!

  2. What I find amazing: by prichardson · · Score: 4, Funny

    The guy only managed to steal $2000? This guy must be stupid.

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    1. Re:What I find amazing: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Everyone at Princeton. I've stolen bikes there worth more than $2000

  3. Re:MIT by myrashka · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh come on - MIT is a hacker training ground...so people hack the MIT systems all the time...not getting caught is the final exam!)

  4. He would have gotten away with it too by RomikQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it wasn't for those meddling kids!

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  5. Re:Actually... by anon*127.0.0.1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Absolutely. I think I'll build a few bombs in my garage, maybe brew up some anthrax or smallpox virus. Hey, as long as I don't do anything with them, the penalty shouldnt' be too severe... right?

    Where do I go to get my white hat?

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  6. Re:wonderful! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    yep! you can't get any more inconspicuous than a BRIGHT MAGENTA page with "Copy and paste into password forms:" in a 24 size bold font!

  7. Re:Actually... by Glonoinha · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most of us do, it is called Windows XP (or Windows 2000 sp3.0.)

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  8. Re:Cut and paste your passwords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    MWUAWAHAHA by cleverly waiting we socially engineered you in to revealing your password!

    All your base are belong to us!!!