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º Why I Hate Feds, Cops, Etc. º
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º Written by Pazuzu for DnA º
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º May 13, 1993 º
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Almost everyone out there in the Scene says "I hate the feds!", but when
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asked why, most will reply "Well, because they hate us..." or "Because
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EVERYONE hates the feds". In this article, I will shed much light on WHY
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EVERYONE, not just hackers, should HATE and seek to DESTROY feds.
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Now, the word "fed" as I'm using is an abstract term I'm using to refer to:
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FBI Agents, the SS, Police, telephone company security forces, software
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company piracy investigators, and of course the SPA. "FED" just seemed
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easier.
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The Constitution of this country is supposed to protect all of us from abuse
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by law enforcement agencies. This assumes that the law enforcement agency in
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question is bound by said Constitution though. Officially, the FBI & the SS
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are bound by the Constitution but in practice they (ESPECIALLY the SS)
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operate above and outside of the law. There are many examples of this in
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action. The most common I've seen is the hacker that gets busted, his
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computer confiscated, then no charges are ever filed (i.e., they found
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NOTHING on his coomputer), but his computer is never given back. They're
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supposed to give back everything they took if they can't prove you comitted
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any crime. This applies to EVERYONE - i.e., if the DEA thinks you're a drug
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dealer, and they grab your car to search it for drugs, then they find
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nothing, but auction off your car anyway - THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE
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LAW!!! However, there's no one watching over them to stop this kind of abuse.
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There's also the question of fairness. The feds ALWAYS go tooooooooo far.
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Case in point: Rusty & Edie's BBS. While I've never been a fan of that
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pervert haven, I definitely sympathize with them. They had well over 64
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lines, 19 gigabytes of disk, most of their modems were 14.4 duals, etc, etc.
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They had $750,000 invested in their system. Yes, that's SEVEN HUNDRED AND
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FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION BUCKS!!! Someone found
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some pirated software uploaded, called da cops, and BINGO, 750k down the
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tubes. Now, those poor fools WORK all day long, and if some idiot user
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uploads a copy of Windows (for example), they're not going to know about it
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to do anything about at least until they get home from work. There's also the
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legend that Rusty & Edie's was a pirate haven, but I dispute the truth in
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that. Rusty was on my BBS at one time, and he had full h/p/etc access. HE
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KNEW I WASN'T A COP, yet I never had access to any pirate stuff on the board.
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And then the fairness issue... Let's say some guy uploaded Borland C++,
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that's an $850 ware. Rusty comes home from work, notices it, and deletes it.
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Let's say 3 people had leeched it since it was uploaded. That's 850*3=2550.
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Big deal. Maybe take one of their 2 gig drives, and that's it. I don't see
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where they get off taking $750,000 worth of stuff for the insignifcant amount
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of money lost. And this Borland C++ example is an extreme one - I'm sure the
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ware they found of R&E's was worth much less than Borland C++. Make the
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punishment fit the crime guys. I've heard that Rusty and Edie recovered all
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their stuff and are back on line, but I'm sure it cost them plenty to pull it
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off, not to mention the lost time at work, stress, etc, etc. It was just a
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very unfair bust.
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Then there's the issue of the abuses by private companies, especially former
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Bell System entities. They're not governmental agencies, they're not watched
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over by anyone, and can basically do whatever the fuck they please. One
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especially horrible company is a small Southern California long distance
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provider by the name of ThriftyTel. Their policy when they suspect fraud is
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to call the alleged hacker up on the phone and hurl all kinds of threats and
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legal mumbo-jumbo at him...
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TheftyTel Slime: "Hello, Mr. Hacker. This is Rebecca Bitchley at ThriftyTel.
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We know you're stealing our service, and we're going to take you down. We'll
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be right over to arrest your ass and throw you in the slammer. I don't have
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to tell you what they DO to little computer nerds like you in jail."
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Poor Hacker: "Huh? Who is this?"
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TheftyTel Slime: "Don't play dumb with me, little boy. This is ThriftyTel,
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the long distance company you've been ripping off. You're in big trouble,
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mister. However, if you agree to give us all your computer stuff, and $10,000
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is cash, we'll drop the charges. You also have to agree to NEVER touch a
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computer again."
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Poor Hacker: "I have no idea what you're talking about, ma'am."
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TheftyTel Slime: "STOP TRYING TO PLAY DUMB! WE KNOW YOU'RE HACKER SCUM! GIVE
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IT UP! Section 4378478-4844848-4848489/78278.2233 subsection
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4879498489/48499848.444 paragraph 984980238323/3244432432.34378 subparagraph
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873287128739/7832187912.23323 of the California Penal Code states clearly
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that it is illegal to post the word "Phreak" on any Computer Bulletin Board
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System. We SAW you post that word, therefore you must be stealing our
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service. You're busted... Do you agree to my terms or not?"
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Poor Hacker: "What terms?"
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TheftyTel Slime: "1. You give us ANY and ALL computers and computer-related
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items you own. 2. You give us the sum of $10,000 in cash. 3. You agree to
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never touch a computer again. "
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Poor Hacker: "Ok, ok... Pleeeeeaaasseee don't put me in jail. I don't want to
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be ass fucked."
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Now remember that TheftyTel is a private company, not a law enforcement
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agency... They have NO arrest or any other legal authority. All they are
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trying to do is get what they want simply by threatening you and hoping
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you'll be so scared, you'll do whatever they want. This is how you should
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really handle this:
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TheftyTel Slime: "Hello, Mr. Hacker. This is Rebecca Bitchley at ThriftyTel.
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We know you're stealing our service, and we're going to take you down. We'll
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be right over to arrest your ass and throw you in the slammer. I don't have
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to tell you what they DO to little computer nerds like you in jail."
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Wise Hacker: "What service was stolen? When? Who was called? From what
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number?"
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TheftyTel Slime: "You don't need that information. We know you're guilty, and
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so do you. Now just admit it and take your punishment. Because we're such a
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nice company, we're letting you off easy. If you just give us all your
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computer stuff and $10,000, we'll drop charges."
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Wise Hacker: "Listen, snatch, I want to know WHEN this alleged service was
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allegedly stolen, WHAT number was called, and WHERE the calls were placed
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FROM. Until then, you haven't got a fucking case. Now kindly go to hell."
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TheftyTel Slime: "You've not heard the last of us!"
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Wise Hacker: "Fuck you." <click...daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa>
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Of course, for the small amount of money involved, the chances of them
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getting a search warrant from the pigs is basically nil, and you've heard the
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last of them. That's what I did when US Sprint called me three years ago, and
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I haven't heard from them since.
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If they DO, by some act of God, get a search warrant, the unprepared hacker
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is basically FUCKED. However, with some careful preparation, you can even
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defeat this attack on your Constitutional Rights. First off, NEVER, EVER keep
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backups or hardcopies of your hack/phreak shit at your house. Keep them at
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the house of a non-hacking friend, at your place of employment, or on the
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hard drive of some system you've hacked out. Second, Radio Shack sells a
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device that can save your ass should they come a-knockin' on your door. It's
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called a Bulk Tape Eraser. What it is is a strong electromagnet. It's used
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for erasing audio and video cassettes. They sell two models: One for like $15
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and one for around $30 - you should get the $30 one. This is a very strong
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magnet and will easily wipe out any data on your hard disk. It doesn't put
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out any magnetism until you nail the trigger, so you just keep it plugged in,
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near your computer, and when the fascist piggies come a-knockin, you zap
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zap zap your hard disk clean, and answer the door a-smilin.
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Fear no one! It is a proven fact that when someone is threatening you with
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arrest and incarceration, they haven't got a case, else why wouldn't they
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just arrest you without wasting their time?
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I hope this sheds a little light on just how bad things are here. If you are
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in Canada, I dunno if the situation up there is any better, but it sure as
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hell can't be any worse.
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Just remember - The Government, no matter what is claimed, is never on your
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side - it is always on its own side. Beware. And private corporations are
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even worse. |