Lame excuse of the day: Use of command prompt suspicious

[luluisme]

I don't even know what to do with this.

Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity

Highlights:
* The problem? Not only is there no indication that any crime was committed, the investigating officer argued that the computer expertise of the student itself

Comments

[marnanel]

I was once working on a laptop with a fullscreen terminal on a bus. The passenger beside me leaned over and whispered, “It looks like you're writing a VIRUS.”

[luluisme]

lol.

Oh, TV-inspired hacker dramas, how you have failed us.

Now that you mention it, I've gotten flak from IT colleagues for using terminals _at work_. (How can you stand that? I'd never be able to do that. etc. Like it's some sort of weird circus act. ~rolls eyes~)

[baerana]

yes, that is EXACTLY what writing a virus looks like. and hacking into a bank looks like connecting several boxes together with lines.

the best part of this shit is, once they've seized your stuff, costing you who knows how much in lost income 'cause they've seized your only method of working for however long, IF you ever get it back, it's ALWAYS broken to shit.

god this stuff pisses me off.

[luluisme]

Seriously. They need a better standard of evidence for ruining a livelihood. Also, I'm not clear on why making a copy of the drive wouldn't be sufficient for evidence, even when presented with actual probable cause.

[baerana]

sigh
yeah, being poly capital of the east coast (if not the world) and having a lot of friends there, boston had been on my list of places maybe ok to move to… but now it just worries me. maybe in 100 years or so people will stop thinking of a computer as a weapon.

[cuddlebunni3]

Let me explain...

person A can do stuff most people can't do (and most people suspect that it is done through some mystical force probably)----> If most people don't do it (cause they can't) then it must be deviant ------> only deviant people do deviant stuff ---------> Crime is a type of deviance-------> therefore -------> person A is a criminal.

See, easy. We use this logic all the time. Cause another truth is...

Ignorance ----> fear ----> mass paranoia -----> idiocy!!!

Makes you feel good about being part of the human race doesn't it? ~rolls eyes~

[emboline]

You are scary smart ya know? /:)

[blueflamedfire]

she thinking like most people can't ... she is deviant ... she's a criminal ... lets lock her up.

[emboline]

Okay! but I think she might enjoy it wayyyy too much!

[blueflamedfire]

ok after reading the article this is what I have to say ..... What the Flying fuck????

Oh my Gawds, this is the dumbest things ever ... so what their saying is that since I know how to use a dos system ... I'm a criminal???? NO!

and what crime was committed ... outting someone? wrong yes crime no...

Dumbest thing ever!!!

[turkchief]

That sort of thing is bound to happen in a town with so many liberals.....(grin)...TC