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Re: UK ISP threatens security researcher

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Apr 20 14:28:04 2007

In-Reply-To: <20070420113201.C26049@calis.blacksun.org>
Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:25:25 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


> "well-deserved criminal record for his stupidity." Where is the  
> criminal record for the idiot who allowed remote access with a  
> single username and password to every single cable modem? That's  
> pretty damned stupid.
>
> Honetly- when did we all become such vindictive assholes? Had the  
> guy caused any real damage then you might have an argument. He  
> didn't. We need to stop letting companies abuse the law instead of  
> performing due dilligence.

<AOL>

Well Deserved Criminal Record For His Stupidity?

I'm thinking that if stupidity qualifies one for a criminal record,  
the original poster must have a long rap-sheet.

-- 
TTFN,
patrick


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