Adrian Lamo Pleads Guilty

darth dickinson writes "InfoWorld reports that Adrian Lamo, the so-called 'homeless hacker,' pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges that he broke into the internal computer network of The New York Times. The 22-year-old could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine at a sentencing hearing in April." From the sound of things, he just wants to pay his debt to society and put this behind him. It'll be interesting to see if the judge sticks to the suggested sentence or not.

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Re:This is NOT right - Please DONATE to his fund

[fmaresca]

Come on. Laws are made by the pupets for protect the master's interests.
This is merely another way for say to us:
- Take a look! this is what will happen to you. So, in order to avoid it, don't learn, don't try to see our gold-painted shit behind the fence.
In wich part of this judgment are the network security providers of this sites involved? I don't hear a word about them, and IMHO they are *very* relevant.

Another thing: strangely to me, at this time, the FBI is trying to get superprivileges over people privacy: read mail, research they back accounts, etc. without a judicial order. But in the other hand, are the prosecutors of a guy who broke the security of a few systems. This is like to get a street gang to take care of your virgin sister.

Going to jail is what he deserves

[mao che minh]

He is a moronic theif and trespasser who is too lazy to get a real job. Put Lamo in jail where he belongs, where all hackers like him belong.

show me the money, bitch.

[twitter]

Dick at work rails:

LexisNexis is usefull to some people, and in no way obstructs the availability of the raw records to the people who do not wish to pay them for it. Go fuck yourself.

Show it to me. Show me court records from your state. If they are on line, Google will pick them up and organize them by statute if nothing else. Lexis-Nexis, in exchange for electronic publication "rights" forbids the state from publishing elsewhere. It's one of those obsolete exclusive franchise ideas left over from dead tree publication. In an age of electronic networks, that kind of deal is theft of public information. Lexis-Nexis know better but will fight to keep their lucrative exclusive franchise. They will lose and I don't have any respect for their position..

There you go, I don't have to fuck myself, others do it for me.