The hacker whose involvement with anti-piracy software ended in a jail sentence has emerged from prison struggling to make rent as he starts paying his fine. ‘It could be worse,’ he says
  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    8 months ago

    I’m always surprised with the enormous show of force in cases like this. I would imagine sending him a letter informing him that he and his lawyer need to show up at the police/fbi/otherAlphabetAgency office on date X would have been sufficient.

    • slaacaa@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      Don’t worry, if a big corporation would have defrauded him for a few millions, I’m sure they would have gotten a letter.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      1510·
      8 months ago

      Ruby Ridge.

      Waco. They sent in fucking tanks, burnt the place down, with kids inside.

      Those are two off the top of my head.

      With Ruby Ridge the FBI entrapped him, then shot his dog, and then his son who was protecting his dog. Then his wife.

      Every cocksucker FBI agent involved should be on billboards, then hanged (the old fashioned way) on the White House lawn.