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BBC Profiles Extradited Cracker Gary McKinnon

Posted by timothy on from the well-he-is-pale dept.

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."

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  1. I propose... by denzacar · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

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    1. Re:I propose... by religious+freak · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, at least that way we could actually say... "I'm one of the best fuckers on the planet" and it would be true.

      Screw black/white/gray, I like it!

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  2. The BBC confirms it : by MRe_nl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody intimidates the US government..

    Our TWO main powers are extradition, rendition and prohibition.

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  3. Re:Should he be praised by phantomflanflinger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dat McKinnon dude should be damn grateful he a cracker, cuz if he were a brother his ass'd be straight to Gitmo bay.

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  4. Re:He stole brains? Over the interweb? by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what you're saying is...

    Zombie cracker attacks US, in a post 9-11 world!

    If that's not fear-inducing, I don't know what is.

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  5. Re:Too large to download? by gsslay · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.