Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con...
by guelo on Thursday July 07, 2011 @11:32PM
(#2741189)
There are specific laws against launching a DDOS. What law are you suggesting he violated?
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Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con...
by tptacek on Friday July 08, 2011 @12:06AM
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What law are you referring to?
Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con...
by guelo on Friday July 08, 2011 @01:23AM
(#2741378)
DDOS attackers are charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. They charged one of the kids from the Anonymous DDOS on Scientology with "unauthorized impairment of a protected computer in violation of 18 U.S.C. ยง 1030 (a) (5) (A) (i), (B) (i)." http://secretdox.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/usa-v-guzner-plea-...
I realize this is the same statute that they are going to come after this guy but they couldn't get him for impairment of a protected computer. They would have to try charging him for unauthorized access, but my point is that Apple is implicitly authorizing everyone in their stores to access their computers.
Re:Feds visit artist behind People Staring at Computers, con...
by sorbus on Thursday July 07, 2011 @11:37PM
(#2741200)
Neither of us are lawyers; we are not qualified to have a discussion of which laws he violated. I am pointing out that - ignoring the legality of what he did (I suspect the response might involve suspicions of keyloggers present in the his code, because I'm a bit paranoid) - your argument makes no sense.