From: rhinoceros (rhinoceros@freemail.gr)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2003 - 15:58:55 MDT
[Hermit]
"Hacking gear"? I wish I knew what this comprises. I wonder if such equipment is sold, or whether it is merely conventional equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes etc. In which case, did Frazier's equipment bears a special label ("This are hacking equipments"? [Hermit: 'fawlty' grammar entirely intentional]) for the benefit of the usually not terribly bright customs inspectors? If not, do they now have special powers of discernment unknown to normal people? In which case, how do I know whether or not possessing an oscilloscope will land me in jail or not? Of course, a further important question is whether "computer chips" now contraband, after all, millions of people have access to them, and so far as I am aware, and in spite of the media mogul's best efforts (and apparently M$'s enthusiastic cooperation), possession of "computer chips" is not yet totally outlawed. Finally, I hadn't realised that "hacking" was an illegal activity - despite some confusion over what it means...
[rhinoceros]
Good point. I would hope the accusation was not that he was carrying the equipment, but that they already had something on him and the particular assortment of equipment was used as evidence -- or else, that would not be good at all.
[Hermit]
So if this article was not merely the completely erroneous product of confusion on the part of a reporter (not terribly unusual), this sounds like yet another wonderful "rail job" designed to establish a "squawking crow*" type precedent while disregarding once valued civil rights.
[rhinoceros]
The 180 million "restitution" certainly looks like a "squawking crow" for others to see.
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