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Teen Phone Phreak Targeted by the FBI
Wired has an interesting editorial on the latest resurgence of the old days of phone phreaking and the latest phreak that is rising into the FBI crosshairs. The most recent hoax, "swatting", involves malicious pranksters calling police with reports of fake murders, hostage crises, or the like and spoofing the call to appear as though it was from another location. "Now the FBI thinks it has identified the culprit in the Colorado swatting as a 17-year-old East Boston phone phreak known as "Li'l Hacker." Because he's underage, Wired.com is not reporting Li'l Hacker's last name. His first name is Matthew, and he poses a unique challenge to the federal justice system, because he is blind from birth. If he's guilty, the attack is at once the least sophisticated and most malicious of a string of capers linked to Matt, who stumbled into the lingering remains of the decades-old subculture of phone phreaking when he was 14, and quickly rose to become one of the most skilled active phreakers alive."
What if it was Jack Thompson's house?
I read the internet for the articles.
Though he may seem like just an ordinary blind 17 year old, he is considered by many to be the most dangerous man alive. If you help us apprehend a known felon, we'll just clear away your record... give you a fresh start.
What if it was Jack Thompson's house?
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
If he had a swat team pointing guns at me for a prank, I'd remedy the situation with a baseball bat. I'm sure he can be interned in a hospital bed just fine.
Well, you see... since justice is also blind, it might be biased when judging his case.
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Thank god no one else is allowed to yell police during a home invasion.
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He won't. He's blind, remember?
Yes clearly Jack Thompson isn't a person.
Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.