PI License May Soon Be Required for Computer Forensics

buzzardsbay writes "The good folks over at Baseline Magazine have an intriguing — and worrisome — report on a movement to limit computer forensics work to those who have a Private Investigator license or those who work for licensed PI agencies. According to the story, pending legislation would limit the specialized task of probing deep into computer hard drives, network and server logs for telltale signs of hacking and data theft to the same people who advertise in the Yellow Pages for surveillance on cheating spouses, workers' compensation fraud and missing persons. Those caught practicing computer forensics without a license could face criminal prosecution."

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[Anonymous Coward]

In the east there is a shark which is larger than all other fish. It changes into a bird whose wings are like clouds filling the sky. When this bird moves across the land, it brings a message from Washington, DC. This message it drops into the midst of the hackers, like a seagull making its mark upon the beach. Then the bird mounts on the wind and, with the blue sky at its back, returns home.

The larval hacker stares in wonder at the bird, for he understands it not. The average hacker dreads the coming of the bird, for he fears its message. The master hacker continues to poke at the drive's file allocation table with a sector editor, for he does not know that the bird has come and gone.

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[GNUALMAFUERTE]

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Re:Worrisome?

[angus_rg]

But prisons would be real crowded. Hopefully they'll have FTC(Fiber to the Cell).