BC cops think Unix 'prompt commands' is suspicious

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: April 15, 2009 8:55:39 AM EDT
To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: BC cops think Unix 'prompt commands' is suspicious


Again, "that which is strange or different MUST be suspicious" it  
seems.   From using "two different operating systems" including one  
that "...is a black screen with white font which is uses prompt  
commands on" having something other than the 'standard' computing  
environment MUST be a bad thing, right?    This warrant reads like it  
was written in 1990 and possibly even taken verbatin from an early  
draft of the script for 'Hackers'   --rf


Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of  
Criminal Activity

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.	

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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/boston-college-prompt-commands-are-suspicious




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