Re: [OT] New Anti-Terrorism Law makes "hacking" punishable by life

Henning P. Schmiedehausen (mailgate@hometree.net)
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 11:04:30 +0000 (UTC)


Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br> writes:

>On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Paul G. Allen wrote:

>> If this passes, everyone working in computer security can be
>> arrested and thrown in prison for life. In addition, people such
>> as Kevin Mitnick can be thrown back in prison even though they
>> have already paid for their crime (double jeopardy?).
>>
>> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257

>So, would anybody have a nice piece of real estate in the
>free world where silicon valley could be evacuated to ?

I can offer you lots of real estate between here and munich. ;-)

But then again, we have the Bavarian illuminates in Ingolstadt and the
gnomes of Zuerich. =%-)

Regards
Henning

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