A hacker's mom broke into a prison and the warden's computer

Re:A hacker's mom broke into a prison and the warden's computer by milesvp on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:42PM (#22435614)

I saw a youtube video recently about the extensive use of cell phones to play old school runescape. Like it’s everywhere in every prison in the last couple of years. People not only play it but also use it’s currency for real world trading. Apparently violent behavior is down wherever people are playing.

I’d love to find corroborating evidence for this, because I find it completely facinating.

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Re:A hacker's mom broke into a prison and the warden's computer by westmeal on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:54PM (#22437743)

If I were in jail I'd love to play Runescape. It's pretty much the only time I'd actually enjoy Runescape.

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Re:A hacker's mom broke into a prison and the warden's computer by aaomidi on Thursday February 27, 2020 @06:33PM (#22439107)

The sad thing about this is that it's still contraband and really bad for the prisoner if they're caught with it.

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Re:A hacker's mom broke into a prison and the warden's computer by rwmurrayVT on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:22PM (#22444384)

In the federal system you get automatically moved up one security level. Minimum to low to medium to high. There are very, very few cell phones beyond a lot. There's probably 1 for every 5 people in a minimum.

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Re:A hacker's mom broke into a prison and the warden's computer by virgil_disgr4ce on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:53PM (#22436454)

Sounds like a solid Wired (or whoever) longread!

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