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    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    10/08/09

    In reply to Our FBI Chief Is As Internet Savvy As Your Grandparents
    Someone doesn't use GMail...
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    10/08/09

    In reply to Our FBI Chief Is As Internet Savvy As Your Grandparents
    Is he getting an email from Zimbabwe to? I've been trying to help the prince of ghana transfer money over, but I need to send him money to do it. I don't get it but I think i'm helping.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    10/08/09

    In reply to Our FBI Chief Is As Internet Savvy As Your Grandparents
    He looks like a old Luke Wilson.
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    Image of Intelext Intelext
    10/08/09

    In reply to Our FBI Chief Is As Internet Savvy As Your Grandparents
    If i was him, i'd go after the dude who scammed me. Kid would piss in his pants.
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    10/08/09

    @Intelext: And suddenly, I'm picturing him waving a cane at teenagers while he's sitting in a rocking chair on his porch.
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    10/08/09

    @sonicsurge: Except screaming "FBI! Come over here!" and holding a glass of lemonade in the other hand
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    Image of infmom infmom
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    I used to know a bunch of phone phreaks in the 80s, met them through online contact on Viewtron and PlayNet. Fortunately, the leader liked me. I can remember being on the phone with people in Chicago and Texas and London all at the same time. They were all just kids--very smart kids. When we moved, they didn't get our new phone number. I sometimes wonder what happened to those guys.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    This reminds me a lot of John "Cap'n Crunch" Draper. Though I don't think Draper took it nearly as far in terms of abuse, and in Draper's time you were much less likely to be taken down for just toying with phone lines...
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    This kid has very useful skills. He absolutely put people in danger, and he should serve time for that, but not a full 11 years. Instead he should be required to work with a mentor on redirecting his energy towards projects that will benefit him and others, instead of simply satisfying a need for power.

    He could make up for his wrongs, improve telecom security, and develop a sense of worth and meaning in his life that is clearly missing and led to him doing these things in the first place.

    So many of you commenters here are so ready to throw someone in jail who clearly isn't fully responsible for the situation they found themselves in. Let's see how well YOU would handle being blind, overweight, without a father, a mother that doesn't pay enough attention, and constantly abused by your peers.

    A lot more can be made of this kid than just "ex-convict".
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    Image of Saboth Saboth
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    Despite his crimes, I still have serious problems with hard jail time for non-violent offenders. Jail is meant to keep citizens away from rapists, murderers, etc. Someone making prank calls, even if they are severe? C'mon...that's 11 years of tax dollars down the drain.

    How about installing a cell jammer on his house, disconnecting any internet/phone, and putting a 24/7 monitor on him to make sure he stays home? What'll that run? A few hundred per year?
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    Image of AlphaUltima AlphaUltima
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    sick fuck. no better than hitler or the columbine kids. thank god he's blind otherwise he might've learned how to use a gun.
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    Image of Suttin Suttin
    08/25/09

    @AlphaUltima: Hitler? Really? This kid made prank calls to swat teams. He didn't kill millions of innocent people and start a world war.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    08/25/09

    @Suttin: 6 in one half a dozen in the other.
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    It kinda reads like that that "moon rock theft" story from a few months back. Sounds kinda implausible, but definitely a great read regardless.
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    Image of seriously, saycarramrod seriously, saycarramrod
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    The extent of my phone phreaking was when I was 4 and accidentally hit the 911 button on our phone. Such a badass.
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    Image of MaQ MaQ
    08/25/09

    @saycarramrod:

    ^__^

    U so bad !
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    Image of JoeLikesRamen! JoeLikesRamen!
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    That was an immensely entertaining read.
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    Image of FuturePastNow FuturePastNow
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    How? According to the story, by not quitting before he turned 18. The FBI agent as much as told him they weren't going to prosecute him while he was a minor.

    They gave him a chance to stop.
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    Image of finalxnoodles finalxnoodles
    08/25/09

    In reply to How Does a Blind Teenage "Swatter" Get 11 Years in Jail?
    he should have seen it coming...
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    Image of shenanigans61 shenanigans61
    08/25/09

    @finalxnoodles: Best comment of the week.
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    Image of silentio silentio
    08/25/09

    @finalxnoodles: Of the month, even
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    Image of trs trs
    08/25/09

    @finalxnoodles: Yes, classic.
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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    05/09/09

    In reply to Hackers Break Into UC Berkeley's Database, Steal Nearly 100,000 Social Security Numbers
    When I was in college 20+ years ago, EVERYTHING was tracked by SS number. We thought it was stupid at the time; how right we were.
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