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- TheCheeks, on 04/14/2009, -5/+330$ sudo rm -rf /warrant/
- blix797, on 04/14/2009, -1/+321This is what happens when people who enforce technology laws don't understand technology. Can we please find some smart cops?
- inactive, on 04/14/2009, -1/+282If root is outlawed then only outlaws will have root.
- BigManOnCampus, on 04/14/2009, -2/+258$ is not a crime!
- DeadlyAlpaca, on 04/14/2009, -0/+245Why didn't they just create a GUI interface using Visual Basic to see if they can track an IP address?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygB0ZviqXac - MattB123, on 04/14/2009, -3/+226Wow, so a lot of Digg users would fall under suspicion too I imagine. Would the MS command prompt be suspect too?
- matthekc, on 04/14/2009, -0/+191Hack the Planet! /s
I mean really he sounds like every other computer science student with an Iphone. - Zomgondo, on 04/14/2009, -0/+177Wtf is this officer smoking? Everyone knows that hacking involves a lot of flashy graphics saying things like "Analyzing Download Protocol" while making futuristic "computer" sounds.
- pman201, on 04/14/2009, -11/+135Smart cops=oxymoron
- brianpeiris, on 04/14/2009, -1/+123Oh man, I've never heard the words "Visual Basic" used so seriously. Thanks for the laughs.
- KarateMedia, on 04/14/2009, -1/+115I wonder how many judges actually have a grasp on technology, not to mention the investigating officers. Considering they hate it when people claim knowledge of the law based on watching "Law and Order" and "CSI" maybe they should avoid basing their decisions on their limited technical knowledge, gleaned from movies like "Swordfish."
What would it take to bring our judicial system up to speed on technology? - nepeter, on 04/14/2009, -3/+115Police in Boston are pretty sharp, aren't they?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scar ... - offrdbandit, on 04/14/2009, -1/+108THINK OF THE DAEMONS!!!!
- litfsh, on 04/14/2009, -1/+107People who understand technology typically get better jobs than police officer.
- SpaceRibs, on 04/14/2009, -2/+99$ sudo chmod 777 /fbi.van
- downneck, on 04/14/2009, -0/+82don't forget the big flashing-red ACCESS DENIED and the solid green ACCESS GRANTED that appears after typing in 3 different passwords
- beachtrader, on 04/14/2009, -8/+83Misleading.
If you read the affidavit you see these three excerpts aren't the basis for the warrant. There are several people who are witnessing the accused hacking into Boston College's grading system. Plus the person is accused of spamming using Boston College's servers as well with a bunch of IP information pointing directly to him. - NegativeDigg, on 04/14/2009, -5/+79WTF! I just couldn't believe what I was reading!! just because some noob doesn't understand a simple command prompt it doesn't mean he's hacking! I bet the judge who issued that warrant doesn't know shiet about computers either...
- plainOldFool, on 04/14/2009, -0/+73B.C. Operating System? I guess Boston College is so open source l33t hax0r that they have their own distro.
- wickidvip, on 04/14/2009, -2/+74Blame Microsoft, they created the "black screen with white font" hacking tool. hopefully they didnt see his linux hacks
- inactive, on 04/14/2009, -4/+69This is joke, right?
- infamousjr, on 04/14/2009, -1/+65Just in case...the website is crawling along:
Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity
Deeplink by Matt Zimmerman
On Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an emergency motion to quash [pdf] and for the return of seized property on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing list identifying another student as gay. The problem? Not only is there no indication that any crime was committed, the investigating officer argued that the computer expertise of the student itself supported a finding of probable cause to seize the student's property.
The warrant application [pdf] cites the following allegedly suspicious behavior:
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Should Boston College Linux users be looking over their shoulders?
In his application, the investigating officer asked that he be permitted to seize the student's computers and other personal affects because they might yield evidence of the crimes of "Obtaining computer services by Fraud or Misrepresentation" and "Unauthorized access to a computer system." Aside from the remarkable overreach by campus and state police in trying to paint a student as suspicious in part because he can navigate a non-Windows computer environment, nothing cited in the warrant application could possibly constitute the cited criminal offenses. There are no assertions that a commercial (i.e. for pay) commercial service was defrauded, a necessary element of any "Obtaining computer services by Fraud or Misrepresentation" allegation. Similarly, the investigating officer doesn't explain how sending an e-mail to a campus mailing list might constitute "unauthorized access to a computer system."
During its March 30th search, police seized (among other things) the computer science major's computers, storage drives, cell phone, iPod Touch, flash drives, digital camera, and Ubuntu Linux CD. None of these items have been returned. He has been suspended from his job pending the investigation. His personal documents and information are in the hands of the state police who continue to examine it without probable cause, searching for evidence to support unsupportable criminal allegations.
Next up? An emergency court hearing as soon as the court will hear us in which we will ask that the search warrant be voided and the student's property returned. Stay tuned...
Related Issues: Coders' Rights Project - rodon, on 04/14/2009, -0/+62Somebody arrest this terrorist!!!
:P - gavintlgold, on 04/14/2009, -0/+59hunter2
- DeadlyAlpaca, on 04/14/2009, -0/+58What boggles my mind is that how was there not SOMEONE on set who went 'Wait, what did she just say?"
Like, the sound guy or camera guy or snack table guy. SOMEBODY has to be able to pick up on that. - ultrafez, on 04/14/2009, -4/+61404 Not Found
- jawbreaker4fs, on 04/14/2009, -0/+55I used my CSI image enhancement software to enlarge your avatar, and I found evidence that you are a criminal.
- BigManOnCampus, on 04/14/2009, -0/+54And of course, creating complex worms capable of breaking 512bit encryption in less than a minute is just a matter of having 9 computer screens, a DS3 line, and gyrating your butt badly to music while drinking wine and using a keyboard to magically move icons together on the screens.
/not-so-obscure - Maddoktor2, on 04/14/2009, -1/+54This kid needs to sue everyone involved in this ignorant travesty of justice, both individually and collectively.
- Galphanore, on 04/14/2009, -0/+51Wow, just wow.
- fluxion, on 04/14/2009, -0/+50dont hate me cuz im root
- SonicEarth, on 04/14/2009, -0/+48No, but # is.
- Tehrab, on 04/15/2009, -1/+49If they're that jacked up over a few terminal commands, a little C++ with some actual, functioning code would be the equivalent of a WMD.
- roseap, on 04/14/2009, -0/+43Those CSI investigators can do ANYTHING! WOW!
- kaod, on 04/14/2009, -0/+41clearly he wrote conficker.
- gwaggy12, on 04/14/2009, -1/+37Once his property is returned, could he sue the police department for illegal search and seizure? I know the government is often protected from lawsuits in cases like this.
- Blacksoth, on 04/14/2009, -3/+39What should we expect from a police force that won't hire above a certain IQ level?
I fully hope this guy sues everyone involved for their ineptitude and professional misconduct. - cigawoot, on 04/14/2009, -3/+38Did anyone read the PDF? Do so, these statements here were taken out of context.
- changedmind, on 04/15/2009, -0/+34I think you wanna chown that fbi.van.
- alexforcefive, on 04/15/2009, -0/+34wow that looks like ******* on my screen but on yours it shows your password, hunter2
- fluxion, on 04/14/2009, -2/+34@robdiggity
hmm..this actually seems like fairly decent detective work...i have little doubt he's the one behind it...
but what is he actually being charged with? calling someone gay on a school mailing list? if that's the charge, i think they got him. job well done.
but no....that's actually stated as backing evidence for "probably cause" of committing not-yet-known computer crimes. they're basically saying "we dont know if he's actually done anything particular serious, but he sounds like a little computer nerd whippersnapper and we wanna look at all his ***** to see if we can nail him for someone".
edit: okay this one slipped my mind. charges of changing computers grades. but the only thing supporting that particular claim is a witness who just had a beef with him. maybe thats grounds, iunno, but it sure seems like they stuck a lot of peripheral stuff in there to make it seem like there was more than just weak evidence for anything serious. - Tek12, on 04/14/2009, -0/+31Sadly no. You know why? Because they're relying on the fact that more than 99% of the people watching it have no freakin' clue what she said... but it sounded geeky... so it works.
- nemesiscw, on 04/14/2009, -2/+33THEY'RE TRASHING OUR RIGHTS! TRASHING OUR RIGHTS!!!
- fluxion, on 04/14/2009, -0/+30you know you're a warrant fan when you give them a dedicated mp3 directory in /
- digghalo, on 04/14/2009, -3/+32@D3koy: Ubuntu is a fantastic distro that can do everything that any other linux distro. Just because it happens to just work, that doesn't mean that it's just for noobs
- paulexander, on 04/14/2009, -1/+28How is it our society is getting more and more ignorant and fearful?
What the heck is going wrong? - sexybobo, on 04/15/2009, -0/+26@robdiggity
They only say the ip address was in use by some one in his dorm. The mac address OS and computer name could easily be spoofed by some one that was angry at him.
Every thing else he did listed in the pdf was told to the police by the guy filing the complaint about him sending the mass email out.
I worked at a small college for a while and i was constantly fixing students laptops so it is very probable that he would have lots of laptops that he is working on for other people and jailbreaking a phone doesn't mean the phone is stolen. - SpaceRibs, on 04/14/2009, -0/+26yeah I read through that too, heres another classic:
"he has "fixed" computers so that they cannot be scanned by any system for detection of illegal downloads and illegal internet use, "jail breaks" cell phones, possibly stolen ones, for people so that the phones can be used on networks other than they are meant for and downloaded program software against the licensing agreement for free."
I want to believe he's dumbing it down for the judge, but doesn't this sound like an angry neighbor complaining about your uncut lawn to the community tribunal? And! Oh LAWD, he stops big brother from scanning your machineries? - stygiansonic, on 04/14/2009, -0/+26If it weren't so outrageous, it would make for a good article from The Onion.
- inactive, on 04/14/2009, -2/+27The reply button is a fantastic tool that can make you not look like one.
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