Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If could be like banning drug paraphernalia. If you try to bust someone
> for drug possession, and they manage to flush the drugs down the toilet
> before you get in, you then can fall back and get them for possession of
> banned paraphernalia.
>
> So, they suspect you of being responsible for some computer crime. They
> get enough evidence to search your computer. You've not left any
> evidence of that crime, but you've got those illegal hacking tools, so
> now they've got some leverage over you.
Years ago I had a friend and fellow home-brewer that the police
somehow decided might be a drug dealer (trust me, I knew the guy
pretty well and he wasn't). They busted into his place one night
and, not finding any drugs, seized his brewing equipment (kitchen
scales, thermometer, hydrometer, copper tube wurt chiller) and
tried to call it drug paraphernalia. It was eventually thrown
out of court but not until after he shelled out some serious
money (for him anyway) on a lawyer. I am hoping he eventually
recovered court costs but I never found out. I know that months
later he still hadn't gotten all his stuff back.
Thad
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Yeah, I drank the Open Source cool-aid... Unlike the other brand, it had
all the ingredients on the label.
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