Re:LulzSec: 50 Days of Lulz statement
by 46Bit on Saturday June 25, 2011 @08:09PM
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Pretty simple really, at least in the UK. Just get someone to make an allegation against them (underage porn, etc), and their computers get seized. If the police just happen to discover a ton of other things they're really involved in whilst analysing them, there you go. If encrypted, under UK law you have to divulge the keys or go to jail, so you're guaranteed to get them some jail time.
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Just get someone to make an allegation against them (underage porn, etc), and their computers get seized.
Is that legal in the UK? Because in the US it'd be unconstitutional.
Re:LulzSec: 50 Days of Lulz statement
by redthrowaway on Saturday June 25, 2011 @10:08PM
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Unconstitutional doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
I've seen news about child porn allegations in the UK that usually lead to nowhere in the latest years, mostly because of some credit card issues. I remember it happening with Pete Townshend (from The Who) and Robert Del Naja (from Massive Attack), plus some football player whose name I can't remember.
In the UK they can seize your computers from your home for creating a public nuisance or wasting police time (they actually did this to a journo a few years back). Oh, and they don't give them back. I mean yeah I think they're supposed to but they don't exactly get around to it quickly.