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A comment on Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder 'MrICQ' in U.S. Custody.

Re:Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder 'MrICQ' in U.S. Custody by Plankaluel on Monday November 03, 2025 @05:08AM (#45797501)
It's shocking how much pictures influence judgment: Without reading much, at first, I thought: Poor guy, maybe he got pulled into something, ...

Then I saw the pictures of him in a leopard fur pajama and indoor sunglasses, and with his (an assumption on my side) trophy wife, and thought: "Naah, he probably deserves it"

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Re:Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder 'MrICQ' in U.S. Custody by Thorrez on Monday November 03, 2025 @05:21AM (#45797577)
Those 2 pictures were of a different hacker, not of MrICQ.
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Re:Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder 'MrICQ' in U.S. Custody by Plankaluel on Monday November 03, 2025 @05:39AM (#45797684)
See, that's why you should read the article, I guess :D So the influence is even worse than I thought ...
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