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Old 10-16-2008, 09:46 PM   #8
utopiated
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Default Re: Hacker McKinnon to be extradited to the US

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Originally Posted by TAXMASTER View Post
most everyone misses the whole story on this. how would you feel if the guy hacked your computer and got ahold of your passwords, pins, and bank account numbers. wouldn't you feel violated? i feel for the guy but he did break into government computers. should they keep their secrets from us? no. should we be informed on things that are not involving national security? yes. is it right to hack government computers? no. end of story.

zzzzz....

Seen this view time and time again from people. Usually they know nothing about the case details.

He had a £150 personal computer - against a billion dollar military network with blank passwords...

Get a grip. 70 years of someone's freedom is a stake over an embarrassed, inefficient government.

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