[privacy] Feds Out for Hacker Blood

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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This will be interesting to see how it runs its course...

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

Adrian Lamo, the hacker best known for illegal pranks aimed at companies
like Yahoo, Microsoft and The New York Times, is free once again.

But his legal battles over handing over a DNA sample to the federal
government are just beginning.

After pleading guilty to breaking into the paper's internal computer
network in January 2004, the terms of Lamo's probation had confined him to
the eastern district of California, which includes his parents' home near
Sacramento where he is living. That probation, which included mandatory
"computer-monitoring software and filtering equipment," expired Monday.

What isn't over is Lamo's refusal to give federal authorities a sample of
his blood, which he says violates his religious convictions. He has offered
to give a cheek swab as an alternative, a practice used by a number of
states including California--but not the federal system.

[snip]

More:
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6151385.html

- - ferg

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