OT: The FBI Hacked My Computer

Trajan · #1 July 30th, 2002, 04:34 AM

BAH! This is a load of crap. I agree with Atrocities. If you think this is true then send some money to the guy in Africa.

I have worked in the IT info sec industry and have seen what they are capable of first hand. This is not representative of what they are even remotely interested in.

Anyhow...I had to respond since it appeared that the community was so quiet right now and I had a range check error on my SEIV game.

Cheers!
Trajan

Puke · #2 July 30th, 2002, 04:44 AM

okay, thats just like the difference between ALLEGED murder and REAL murder. lots of bills are INTRODUCED into congress. at no time has a bill been PASSED to allow the riaa to hack anything.

bah, i say. alarmism at its worst.

Baron Grazic · #3 July 30th, 2002, 05:28 AM

Certainly a lot a crap but did Bush really "authorized the FBI recently to go against terrorists".
I thought the FBI working inside the US borders & the CIA worked outside.
And if you can't already tell, I am not a Yank.

Puke · #4 July 30th, 2002, 07:19 AM

heh. i heard an anicdote recently about an englishman visiting one of the southern states and making the faux pas of refering to someone as a 'Yank.'

Some of the good-old-boys are still a bit bent out of shape about the outcome of our civil war, you see. as the story has already degraded to a tertiary account, i will leave details to your imagination.

in any event, our federal agencies have been encouraged to take new measures but, as far as i know they have not been granted any wartime powers. indeed Grazic, your knowledge of US government agencies is commendable. the FBI is responsible for investigating interstate crime, and the CIA is responsible for toppling smaller governments that we dont like.

I myself know next to nothing about the AIC, or NOSIC. although NOSIC has a really cool logo.

ZeroAdunn · #5 July 30th, 2002, 08:33 AM

The FBI isn't above the law? News to me. People seem to think the government worries about "laws"

This report is probably not fake. It is probably a hacker messing with someone. Trust me, me and my friends used to do this kind of stuff all the time. Not to this extent, but still similar things.

dumbluck · #6 July 30th, 2002, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
"This hacking of a person�s computer is illegal. To "search" someone�s computer without a search warrant is a clear violation of that persons constitutional rights. So I say he is full of it. Believe him if you want, but understand this, even the FBI isn't above the law."

heh. Sorry, but you might be wrong on this point. There's a bill that was introduced in Congress to let *record companies* do exactly that. If Congress will let RIAA hack into people's computers.. the FBI isn't fare behind.

Phoenix-D

Even if it did pass congress, that doesn't necessarily make it constitutional.

Growltigga · #7 July 31st, 2002, 01:02 AM

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