Anti-Terror Law Used Against Hackers, Thieves

Anti-Terror Law Used Against Hackers, Thieves
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-05-21

The enhanced search and surveillance powers Congress gave the Justice Department in the USA-PATRIOT Act haven't just been used in the war on terror: it turns out they're helpful in everything from spying on credit cards fraudsters to tracking down computer hackers.

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Anti-Terror Law Used Against Hackers, Thieves 2003-05-22
Viking

My god I think I am going to be sick. Personally I live in the United States and grew up under the impression of our country having the most freedom. Unfortunately it is becoming painfully aware that this is not or will not be the case any longer....

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Anti-Terror Law Used Against Hackers, Thieves 2003-05-23
Anonymous (yeah, right!)

The USA PATRIOT act is just McCarthyism, government-backed and writ-large. Plain and simple....

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Anti-Terror Law Against Citizens, Humans 2003-05-24
phr0phet

in the 1½ years following September 11th i have watched the country i pledged allegiance to for 19 years change completely. i have watched a democracy turn into something more reminiscent of a dictatorship or any form of totalitarianism. finally, the toll of 25 years of picking on civil rights and...

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Anti-Terror Law Used Against Hackers, Thieves 2003-05-28
Metalhead

Im sure you all have seen movies were they are in a curupt future environment and everyone lives in fear of a dictatorship government and you calmly sit back and think to yourself "Im so glad this will never happen to me". Well it looks like this is step one in such a totalatarion environment. In a ...

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