#22587 - 01/20/03 06:07 PM
Kevin Mitnick FREE ?!?
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What do you guys think about that ? Right now there are around 13 hrs left untill Kevin will be finally free, well at least it says so on his website, so what do you think about whole this thing ? any comments ? and what do you guys think about him ? bp P.S. www.kevinmitnick.com
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#22588 - 01/20/03 06:46 PM
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I am for defensivethinking.com and hope the guy gets a break. Not because of what he did. All he did was some real good social engineering. Unfortunately, the government and judicial system [censored] him over. So he should have some good luck in the future. Also, I think his probation is up at that point, but he still cannot make any money off the story of what happened, until 2007 I think. B/C Kevin Spacey wanted to make a movie about it and the whole abuse of rights thing. Spacey playing Mitnick, I would go see it. Better than skeet ulrich's job  Even though I liked that movie, funny [censored].
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#22592 - 01/21/03 12:44 AM
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#22596 - 01/21/03 11:08 AM
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heh. truth is always distorted. I know the book was distorted, but in Takedown, ya know they have to make it exciting.
I only hope kevin spacey is still interested in 7 years. Doubtful. Hmm, I guess they could make the movie, he just can't make any money off of it til 2010. If Spacey does it, it will be quality and realistic. However, deal less with actual crimes I believe.
Surprisingly, the movie doesn't potray mitnick in a bad light, it does seem to take a few low blows, and Shimoumoumoumoumoumoumoura has a cameo. Written by him too. YOu would think he would have made Mitnick a serial killer hacker, and not had the part where Simoumoumoumomuomoumomura created a back door into every major network. Jesus, does that have to be in every hacker movie?
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#22600 - 01/21/03 04:51 PM
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And no he didn't waste anything close to millions. He downloaded opensource source code to a program before it was released to public. I believe it was Sun mainly. Anyways, so when the wonder prosecutors attempt to put an amount of money on the damages, they decided to total all the money that Sun had used for R&D and money they could potentially make from the software.
So it was a [censored] joke. That is like saying since you pirate a prerelease of MS, you cost them all the R&D time/money and all the money they stood to make it from selling it.
However, the source code was public knowledge when released, kevin never released it to public himself, and it was given away. So no, he didn't even come close to causing millions.
Just wanted to clarify a little. And I am not positive what other factors were involved in the amounts, but what I included was atleast part of what they used, which as you can see it a twisted and manipulated way of finding out what he cost them.
And I would be pissed if someone read my email, hacked into my system, or easedropped on my phonecalls. However, I do not think they should be put in jail for an elongated period of time without a trial, not be allowed to see any of the evidence against them, or serve more time then the average rapist/murderer.
Better hope you don't slip up sometime pacman, and then the government decides to make an example out of you.
Which, btw, the government knows they did wrong, b/c when Kevin spoke to Congress afterwards, many of the members stood and/or publicly apologized for the gross negligence of the legal system in his situation.
So I admire his perserverance, his ability to social engineer better than the most rico sauve motherfucker, and the fact that he is now doing something positive with his life and doesn't seem very bitter.
Not saying you can't have your own opinion pacman, i am just saying that your opinion is wrong.
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#22601 - 01/21/03 08:54 PM
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Did I ever state that I idolized Kevin Mitnick? On the contrary, I have made it public knowledge that I could care less for him, I believe that he's a complete moron and I dislike him to no end. I watched Takedown once, and I'd never see it again, the realizm was totally off, the movie was more rank than my ex's... I don't know "Takedown to every aspect" like you had stated, I'm a movie buff, plus I'm a security buff, my bible is www.imdb.com, its my job to know reviews on movies, even to write reviews on them when applicable. "He wasted millions on peoples private conversations", well, see, with how the telecommunications infrustructure is configured, if you didn't make the calls you don't have to pay for them. It could be documented that you made the call and all you'd have to do is ask. Perhaps the supposid phone companies should have secured their networks in the first place? The whole "free kevin" thing is quite lame, its just one of the things that added towards me disliking him. The fact of all of this is that the federal government was unjust in his sentancing, and how they acted throught the entire case and sentancing. The reason that so many people feel for him is because of this point. You're judging him by the movie which is one mans perspective, everyone has the right to defend themselves, and he has yet to do so. Granted it won't change my opinion of him, but you're just being anal from watching a [censored] movie... Oh, and before you go starting [censored] with me or anyone else, perhaps you should look into things?
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Okay WTF?
by HenryMiring on 09/27/17 08:45 AM
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