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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by the-printer on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:47PM (#33664652)
There are. Cell phones. In. Prisons. People who have never even seen a fraction of the wealth that Elizabeth Holmes defrauded people out of are able to get them. She can very well wind up on a Web3 social platform anonymously by 2027, trading crypto while funding SciHub.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by iudqnolq on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:54PM (#33664739)
"unfettered" != "potentially available if you're willing to break the law"
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by lostlogin on Friday November 18, 2022 @07:15PM (#33664976)
Pretty much single person there was willing to break the law, by definition.

So if going down the slightly-less-legal route, the below story was pretty neat. A hacked together prison computer, network attached.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/inmates-built-co...

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by quickthrower2 on Friday November 18, 2022 @07:49PM (#33665324)
I am sure there are further carrots and sticks inside the prison, and of course 11 years is not life so she isn’t immune to extra punishment for more crimes.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by the-printer on Friday November 18, 2022 @07:03PM (#33664849)
We are talking about the penitentiary here, chap.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by wombat-man on Saturday November 19, 2022 @12:50AM (#33667367)
I think it's possible someone gets her a phone. But she can't get away with streaming or even posting selfies. She'd have to stick with texting or using pseudonyms.
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