Vulnerability Development: RE: Civil Disobedience

["George Milliken" <gmilliken () farm9 com>]

If you look at what the FBI is doing to SK8
(http://www.freesk8.org/index.html) you can see the abuse of power available
now, and imagine what it might be like if ATA is enacted as currently
drafted.

Magoo

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Pfeil [mailto:Ken () infosec101 org]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:38 AM
To: Blue Boar; vuln-dev () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Civil Disobedience


http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7376176.html?tag=prntfr pretty much
sums it up.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blue Boar [mailto:BlueBoar () thievco com]
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 12:44 PM
> To: vuln-dev () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Civil Disobedience
>
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> John Thornton wrote:
> > ( Moderator: Please pass this though Blue Boar. Please just allow this
> > thread even if it is just for a day )
> There ya go.
>
> > In case you have been living under a rock the past few weeks. You should
> > know that our civil liberties are under attack. Kevin Poulsen wrote:
> > "Hackers, virus-writers and web site defacers would face life
> imprisonment
> > without the possibility of parole under legislation proposed by the Bush
> > Administration that would classify most computer crimes as acts of
> > terrorism."
> > ( http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257, Hackers face life imprisonment
> > under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act). When you read the news this
> morning you will
> > see that this bill was passed by the Senate.
> > (http://www.securityfocus.com/news/265, Senate passes terror bill).
> I was under the impression that the bill that passed the Senate was
> a slightly improved, though still insane, version that didn't make
> hackers terrorists.
>
>                                               BB