[109429] in Cypherpunks
RE: Gently nurturing the misguided hacker with baseball bats
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rabid Wombat)
Wed Mar 24 00:08:19 1999
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:50:05 -0500
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mayhem.snakecult.org>
To: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@securitydynamics.com>
cc: dcsb@ai.mit.edu, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net,
Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>,
"'Robert Hettinga'" <rah@shipwright.com>
In-Reply-To: <D104150098E6D111B7830000F8D90AE84DE0A4@exna02.securitydynamics.com>
Reply-To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mayhem.snakecult.org>
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Trei, Peter wrote:
>
> Any US corporation counsel would go ballistic if their
> people tried this sort of thing. Can you say 'RICO'?
> Can you say 'criminal liability'? Can you say 'jail time'.
> Can you say 'PR disaster'?
OTOH, there are those who feel that "it is only illegal if you get
caught." You may find them working either side of the street.
