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Call Yourself a Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights

An anonymous reader writes "As described on the DigitalBond blog, a security researcher was subjected to a court ordered search in which a lack of pre-notification was premised on his self description as a 'hacker.' From the court order, 'The tipping point for the Court comes from evidence that the defendants – in their own words – are hackers. By labeling themselves this way, they have essentially announced that they have the necessary computer skills and intent to simultaneously release the code publicly and conceal their role in that act.'"

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  1. Not American by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I was American I would maybe give a shit.