Conspiritorial Cautions

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If you are hanging around areas of the Net where nefarious things are being planned you need to be EXTREMELY cautious.  The following excerpt is from agentsteal-fbi.txt, a text article that details the grusome realities around getting busted doing bad things;

  D. CONSPIRACY
   
Whatever happened to getting off on a technicality? I'm sorry to say those
days are gone, left only to the movies. The courts generally dismiss many
arguments as "harmless error" or "the government acted in good faith". The
most alarming trend, and surely the root of the prosecutions success, are
the liberally worded conspiracy laws. Quite simply, if two or more people
plan to do something illegal, then one of them does something in
furtherance of the objective (even something legal), then it's a crime.
Yes, it's true. In America it's illegal to simply talk about committing a
crime. Paging Mr. Orwell. Hello?
   
Here's a hypothetical example to clarify this. Bill G. and Marc A. are
hackers (can you imagine?) Bill and Marc are talking on the phone and
unbeknownst to them the FBI is recording the call. They talk about hacking
into Apple's mainframe and erasing the prototype of the new Apple Web
Browser. Later that day, Marc does some legitimate research to find out
what type of mainframe and operating system Apple uses. The next morning,
the Feds raid Marc's house and seize everything that has wires. Bill and
Marc go to trial and spend millions to defend themselves. They are both
found guilty of conspiracy to commit unauthorized access to a computer system.

Are you intrigued?

Read the rest of the article and STAY FAR AWAY FROM THE DARK SIDE

Last Updated on Friday, 06 November 2009 17:13 Written by DC 406 Webmaster Wednesday, 28 October 2009 23:38