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geek tragedy

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1. *snort*

Reply to Luminous Animal (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 04:22 PM

Nov 2013

I apologize for the release of data that was harmful to individuals and irrelevant to my goals. I believe in the individual right to privacy – from government surveillance, and from actors like myself, and I appreciate the irony of my own involvement in the trampling of these rights.

Hackers do not believe in privacy rights. They believe that privacy is a privilege bestowed only upon those that they deem worthy of privacy.

His sentence was too long, but spare me the cries for hackers getting thrown in jail for committing blatantly criminal acts.

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Jeremy Hammonds statement prior to sentencing [View all] Luminous Animal Nov 2013 OP

*snort* geek tragedy Nov 2013 #1

And a belated 'Sorry!' for those whose money was lost. randome Nov 2013 #2

He brags about breaking into Protest Warrior. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #3

if it is federal, he has to do min 85% of his time. nt littlewolf Nov 2013 #8

Yes for exposing blatant criminal acts. zeemike Nov 2013 #11

k&r Thank you Jeremy! It's a travesty of justice to see you going to prison, but scum who are guilty idwiyo Nov 2013 #4

He's a man of honor pscot Nov 2013 #5

Bahahahaha. In the same way Brutus and Cassius were "honorable men". Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #7

Brutus and Cassius were "honorable men". zeemike Nov 2013 #12

that's certainly not what happened with this cretinous criminal jerk Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #13

Did you even read the statement? zeemike Nov 2013 #15

I read the whole thing. He claims he had a hand in all of that but that HE PERSONALLY Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #16

No he did not. zeemike Nov 2013 #17

That was a prior crime with 2 yr prison sentence Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #18

You mean the part where the FBI informant brought in someone that had the zeemike Nov 2013 #19

From his testimony... the names of the countries and their institutions Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #6

There are no good guys in this story. HijackedLabel Nov 2013 #9

I'll always root for an underdog Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #10

Kick. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #14