Researchers Face Jail Risk For Tor Snooping Study 121
An anonymous reader writes "A group of researchers from the University of Colorado and University of Washington could face both civil and criminal penalties for a research project (PDF) in which they snooped on users of the Tor anonymous proxy network. Should federal prosecutors take interest in the project, the researchers could also face up to 5 years in jail for violating the Wiretap Act. The researchers neither sought legal review of the project nor ran it past their Institutional Review Board. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has written a legal guide for Tor admins, strongly advises against any sort of network monitoring."
You can't jail them@ (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, who do those "researchers" think they are... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You can't jail them@ (Score:5, Funny)
I guess if they get jail time, the lesson to learn is "Do as I say, not as I do."
Update to the old saying... (Score:5, Funny)
Don't wiretap. The government hates competition.
Re:not to worry (Score:4, Funny)
No, you just have to hand over $9.11 to Congress.
They're cheap now.
Re:You can't jail them@ (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You can't jail them@ (Score:5, Funny)