Re: Kevin Mitnick and the Ebay cahoots

From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 06:29:29 MST


From: "Samantha Atkins" <samantha@objectent.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 1:43 AM

> Gina Miller wrote:
> >
> > Hacker's auctions stir up controversy. Kevin Mitnick, the infamous
hacker,
> > has found a new and controversial way to make money: auctioning his
personal
> > items online. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-3941970.html
> > Within forty-five minutes of a CNET (above) news article posted late
> > Thursday night reporting that the three biggest on-line auction sites:
eBay,
> > Yahoo Auctions, and Amazon.com Auctions had canceled the auction
featuring
> > Kevin Mitnick's Federal inmate debit card, eBay canceled the auction of
> > former computer hacker Kevin Mitnick's ham radio.
> > http://www.kevinmitnick.com/home.html
>
> This stuff really ticks me off. The government went way overboard. All
> those years away from anything remotely like a computer are very much
> cruel and unusual punishment. They also don't want him to speak or now
> even sale off goods. This is way out of line.

(funky 70's crime-drama-disco music wafts in)...

"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, yeah, uh-huh!!"

-Zero

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