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Adrian Lamo Surrenders
clafarge writes "Three days after
Adrian Lamo was charged with hacking, he surrendered himself to marshals at the federal courthouse in Sacramento. This according to a story on the AP's LiveWire. He's accused of causing 'more than $25K damage to New York Times Co.,' and performing LexisNexis searches on his own name to the tune of $300K! I always find it interesting that so little tinkering can cause so much 'damage' (if you didn't get that wink, read the article about the nature of the 'damage'). He's in his parents' custody on $250K bail."
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adds links to the same AP article carried by Wired, InfoWorld, and C|Net, and points out that more coverage can be found via Google News.
He writes: "Adrian negotiated the terms of his surrender, which included the charges in the warrant issued against him being disclosed."
So you intentionally did it, bragged about it and didn't expect any problems to come out of it? I don't know what kind fantasy world you were living in but it sure isn't reality. Step up to the plate take the responsibility, you intentionally did it, you affected other's work.
What "right side" are you fighting from, the right to randomly crack into other's systems just because you want to prove a point?
Trespassing, breaking and entering, theft, etc. are all WRONG, regardless of legality, because they harm the person you're doing them to. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ILLEGAL, BECAUSE THEY'RE WRONG.
Seriously, I hate to ask, but WHERE are you getting the logic to put your argument together?!! You're an idiot!
evil adrian
It is that simple though -- the whole point is that some moron is upset that this guy is getting prosecuted, and he shouldn't be, because the guy shouldn't have been doing what he did, because it was wrong. It's cut and dried. No reason to be upset that some asshole is getting prosecuted.
evil adrian
If I leave the house without my wallet, you don't BREAK INTO MY HOUSE AND TAKE MY WALLET AND CATCH ME ON THE STREET TO GIVE IT TO ME.
There is a HUGE fucking difference, you imbecile.
evil adrian
If you want to differentiate between "hacking" and "cracking" and whatever else your l337, 2600 stuck-in-the-mid-90's ass wants to do, be my guest, but mainstream media, the law, etc. all see hacking as BREAKING AND ENTERING. It's trespassing, ok? If you want to TINKER with your own computer, fine, but HACKING has entered the mainstream lexicon as an ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, so don't nitpick.
evil adrian