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O.P. Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet
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We were just discussing whether or not banning internet access for criminals involved in internet-based crimes made any sense (or was really viable), and along comes another story about just such a ban. It turns out that the kid who famously hacked Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick and revealed all of her contact info has now been barred from posessing or using anything that can access the internet for two years. Anything? That sounds a bit extreme. While the guy apparently was involved in a long string of hack attacks against a variety of different targets, with so much being internet enabled these days, it seems a bit silly to completely ban him from any device that can access the internet. It rules out an awful lot of mobile phones. Modern gaming consoles are pretty much out. Many DVR devices can access the internet. Increasingly, cars have some form of internet access as well. What about VoIP phones? They access the internet. What if the guy doesn't even realize he's using a VoIP phone? This isn't to say the guy doesn't deserve some punishment. But, the ban doesn't seem to take into account the realities of the world.



Source: http://techdirt.com/articles/20050914/0248251_F.shtml

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Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by paperless on 09-14-2005 at 08:10 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by RaceProUK on 09-14-2005 at 08:20 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by multimillion2k on 09-14-2005 at 08:33 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by _Humphreys on 09-14-2005 at 09:49 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by rav0 on 09-15-2005 at 06:40 AM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by Stigmata on 09-15-2005 at 06:41 AM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by JDawg_0789 on 09-15-2005 at 03:13 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by Anubis on 09-15-2005 at 03:20 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by L. Coyote on 09-15-2005 at 03:40 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by segosa on 09-15-2005 at 06:23 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by Concord Dawn on 09-15-2005 at 06:42 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by RaceProUK on 09-15-2005 at 08:17 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by ShawnZ on 09-15-2005 at 08:48 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by mwe99 on 09-15-2005 at 09:16 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by ShawnZ on 09-15-2005 at 09:23 PM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by uberdosis on 09-16-2005 at 12:02 AM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by *Saint* on 09-16-2005 at 12:25 AM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by mwe99 on 09-16-2005 at 12:48 AM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by Purity on 09-16-2005 at 04:18 AM
RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by John Anderton on 09-22-2005 at 10:45 AM
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RE: Paris Hilton Hacker Banned From The Internet - by Negro_Joe on 09-22-2005 at 05:28 PM
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