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BBC Profiles Extradited Cracker Gary McKinnon
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has published a very good profile of Gary McKinnon. It discusses his motives and methods as well as raising the question as to whether he is a malicious 'hacker' or whether he was simply obsessed with finding info about UFOs and should be praised for finding security faults in what should be extremely secure systems. This should provided stimulus for some interesting discussion on Slashdot especially between us Brits and our American friends following the confirmation of his extradition to the USA."
He stole brains of the military, FBI staff and even of the President of the US? Over the interweb? By deleting files?
Prosecutors say he altered and deleted files at a naval air station not long after the 11 September attacks in 2001, rendering critical systems inoperable.
My,my. Isn't that something?
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
That the term "hacker" be henceforth replaced by the term "fucker".
Yes, it may still lead to unforeseen consequences for the fucker when laymen (and women) star using the term without proper understanding of it, but isn't that exactly what the fucker community really needs?
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
Nobody intimidates the US government..
Our TWO main powers are extradition, rendition and prohibition.
"Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
"It wasn't just an interest in little green men and flying saucers," said Mr McKinnon. "I believe that there are spacecraft, or there have been craft, flying around that the public doesn't know about." Mr McKinnon further explained that he believes the US military has reverse engineered an anti-gravity propulsion system from recovered alien spacecraft, and that this propulsion system is being kept a secret. In that sense, Mr McKinnon said he sees his own hacking as "humanitarian." He said he only wanted to find evidence of a UFO cover-up and expose it. He called the alleged anti-gravity propulsion system "extra-terrestrial technology we should have access to".
With that type of excuse, one could get away with almost anything short of violently assaulting people in public, don't you think?
Dat McKinnon dude should be damn grateful he a cracker, cuz if he were a brother his ass'd be straight to Gitmo bay.
shin phantomflanflinger
What's wrong with calling him a cracker? He's white.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
> The treaty is not constitutional in either country.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the UK didn't have a constitution?
Nobody intimidates the US government.
Our main power is extradition. Extradition and rendition..
Our two main powers are extradition, rendition and prohibition..
Our three main powers are extradition, rendition and prohibition.. and an almost fanatical loyalty to 'the flag'..
Among our many powers are such diverse elements as extradition, rendition, prohibition and an almost fanatical loyalty to 'the flag' and bombing people who try to stop us... ...I'll come in again
I propose either the deletion of /., or the replacement of us all with bots endlessly spouting memes.
I'm a meme spouting bot, you insensitive clod!
England? That's from where Mr McKinnon is about to be deported. Great choice.
It makes complete sense.
It's called perspective. He could see the pictures when they were far away because that makes them much smaller. But if they were downloaded onto his own computer they would be much closer, and therefore too big for it.
I use this same principle to cache the entire internet on a USB key that I keep on the moon.
It's like the old joke: (former) Australian PM John Howard has his head so far up GWB's ass, he can see Tony Blair's feet.