Call Yourself a Hacker, Lose Your 4th Amendment Rights 488
An anonymous reader writes "As described on the DigitalBond blog, a security researcher was subjected to a court ordered search in which a lack of pre-notification was premised on his self description as a 'hacker.' From the court order, 'The tipping point for the Court comes from evidence that the defendants – in their own words – are hackers. By labeling themselves this way, they have essentially announced that they have the necessary computer skills and intent to simultaneously release the code publicly and conceal their role in that act.'"
Wait, what? I'm a unicorn, arrest me? (Score:5, Funny)
I thought it was about a reasonable suspicion of committing a crime, that sort of thing?
If I call myself a sex god do they do diligence on that one too?
"and intent" (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Stallman would have something to say about this (Score:4, Funny)
That's not the scariest part. If you are a hacker and you have a penis, you MIGHT BE a rapist or child molester!
Re:Stallman would have something to say about this (Score:4, Funny)
Good for those 9/11 terrorists blowing up the building!
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