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		ja27 on July 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kevin Mitnick has died Absolutely not. Any computer connected to the internet, even behind a firewall / NAT / etc. is considered to be involved in interstate or foreign commerce and thus a "protected computer" subject to 18 USC 1030. It's not your actions that make it a protected computer. 1030(e)(2)

withinboredom on July 20, 2023 [–]

Yeah. I’m not a lawyer, I just know what the FBI told me when they picked me up. I was turned over to the regular police and then let go.

I was just a teen at the time, things could have changed.

Breza on July 21, 2023 | [–]

Cops are allowed to lie. And they do. Often.

withinboredom on July 21, 2023 | | [–]

They wanted to throw the book at me. Trust me. They were quite pissed.

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