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

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:37:11 -0300 (BRST)


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 ?

(time to find volunteers to maintain thefreeworld.net ?)

cheers,

Rik

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