******** Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:10:38 -0700 Subject: Fwd: terrorist -> computer use -> RICO From: Faisal Jawdat <faisalat_private> To: declanat_private I just sent this to Dave Farber. Not sure if you'd seen it. -faisal > SecurityFocus reports that the new anti-terrorism bill > makes computer crime a terrorist act: > > http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257 > > This is frightening. Putting computer crime under the > scope of RICO will allow the authorities to confiscate > computer equipment for nothing more than a suspicion > that it was used for computer crime. If our experience > with the drug war is any indication, the police will be > able to use the fact that you had a computer as indicative > of the fact that it was used in a computer crime. > > On top of that, we still don't have a good definition of > computer crime, so a system administrator who installs a > screensaver that their employer doesn't like could get > life in prison with no possibility of parole. > > -faisal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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