Convicted Hacker Adrian Lamo Refuses to Give Blood

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday May 13, 2006 @03:19AM from the not-so-juicy-cases dept.

CaliforniaCCW writes "Hopefully everyone here remembers the case of Adrian Lamo, a so-called 'gray hat' hacker who plead guilty to one count of computer crimes against Microsoft, Nexis-Lexis and the New York Times in 2004. He got a felony conviction, six months detention in his parents' home, and two years of probation. Today, as a condition of his probation, he must provide a sample of his DNA in the form of a blood sample, something which he has refused to do. Should convicted felons on probation have privacy rights over their DNA? Or is a blood sample like a fingerprint, something that everyone should provide to their government?"

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if the gov wants his/or any slash DNA by way2trivial · 2006-05-13 03:22 · Score: 5, Funny

all they have to do is supply the blonde!

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Patented? by Ohreally_factor · 2006-05-13 03:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Quite possibly his DNA has been patented by one of the big bio tech firms, and he is just trying to avoid costly litigation.

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