From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 02:43:36 MST
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.
- samantha
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