Re: Mitnick Rings Bell

["Attila T. Hun" <attila@hun.org>]

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    the assholes missed the point...

on or about 971106:0722, in 

>6 November 1997, Digital Cellular Report:
>
>U.S.  government takes hard line on Mitnick.  
>US Hacker Pleads for Help
>
>A US 'hacker'- Kevin David Mitnick - has issued a plea
>for financial help to fight his defence case through
>his lawyer, Donald C Randolph of Santa Monica,
>
>USA.  Through Randolph, Mitnick is claiming that the
>US government is seeking to make an example of him for
>the possession of unauthorised cellular access codes.
>The issue is particularly important in the North
>American market where analogue, rather than digital
>cellular, is the norm.
>
>In one of the most amazing claims, Mitnick claims to
>have been kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a
>day, naked in a freezing air-conditioned cell for
>eight months and led to the showers in chains.
>
    anybody who thinks that does not happen in Federal
    prisons has their eyes closed.  the only light is
    through the observation port, and a 4 in. hole in
    the floor is provided for defecation, etc. the one
    hour per day is for exercise and the every other 
    day shower. cell space requirement: 49 sq. ft.

    the feds will not permit the states this torture,
    but that does not stop the BOP...

>Perhaps the most puzzling aspect to the whole case is
>the fact that while the US government has never sought
>to prove that Mitnick profited from his 'hacking'
>activities - although he could certainly have done so
>by 'selling' stolen airtime to third parties.  Instead
>they claim he caused losses in excess of $80 million.
>
    easier to charge losses for what he used and/or
    blocked

>Kevin certainly appears to be paying the price for his
>nefarious deeds having already spent nearly two years
>in custody during which time he has been prohibited
>from any access to wireless communications equipment,
>computer hardware or computer software.
>
    well, what do you expect? something of value?

>It's difficult to know exactly which side is the more
>paranoid since Mitnick is claiming that his fate is
>part of a deliberate US government plot to divert
>scrutiny away from its plans concerning the control
>and regulation of both telecommunications and the
>Internet.
>
    must be a cypherpunk candidate; we know they're
    trying to take over.  

>The case would seem to present a most powerful
>argument for the US to switch more swiftly over to
>digital cellular where 'hacking' is far more
>difficult.  
>
    sure...

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