engadget.com — It was essentially inevitible that Nintendo's Wiimote was destined to become a weapon of mass destruction, and while we've seen folks jailed and even killed over an iPod, even we're a bit hesitant to call the blunt object a "criminal tool."
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crass22Feb 15, 2007
Really they should ban iPods, Flashdrives, gMail or any online file hosting service, Floppy/Zip disks, and any other form of removable media.Also printers should be banned, especially thoes nice networkable ones, imagine instead of saving the incremenating info (im guessing its just a database of student personal information) he could have printed it out and use the print-outs at home to launch identity theft attacks.
ncoolmn67Feb 15, 2007
I went to this high school, its more funny than anything else.
geekinminiatureFeb 15, 2007
...or a criminal object... there are no limits aaaah!!
skymtFeb 16, 2007
First "hoax devices," now "criminal tools." Looks like prosecutors have figured out the power of names!
markglFeb 16, 2007
i think the point they're getting across is that they don't want kids plugged into music at school. You're there to learn not rock out.
grantthegr8Feb 16, 2007
There was no iPod ban. The school wasn't even calling it a criminal object. The way the article is written is confusing and as it turns out, it's really not news at all. Some kid hacked into the system, transferred "sensitive" data to his iPod (probably just a teacher's home address, from the sound of it) and then erroneously and idiotically threatened to open a credit card account in someone else's name. The school caught him before he did anything with the data (because he was an idiot) and apparently didn't even have him arrested. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
svpirateFeb 16, 2007
Well legally speaking the iPod was used to store sensetive data, so they are correct. The kid is guilty of breaking into the system and stealing sensitive data and so should face the music (no pun intended?!).There is one other small thing though - the school is to blame for the whole incident because they used a crappy system with poor security, or are they? Did they maybe innocently purchase it from AcmeCorp Secure Personnel Filing Inc. who *obviously* stated it was totally secure and impenetrable by anything, even a .50 calibre round straight through the front door (ok maybe I am exaggerating a little but you get the idea...). Companies that screw around like this piss me off, and they make a fortune out of taking establishments like Schools and Colleges for a ride.