
By Andy McCue
Published: Friday 11 February 2005
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Anonymous
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According to BoingBoing, the "hack" was simply that the guy was using the text-based Lynx browser. This was stated in posts to the earlier story.
Maybe you should do a little more research, Andy.
[Ed note: And maybe you should do a little more research into the law about reporting on police investigations and court cases. Certain restrictions come into play about what can be reported once someone has been charged in order to prevent any coverage that might prejudice a trial - and to breach that runs the risk of being guilty of contempt of court. If anything comes out in the defence argument in court about the possible innocent reason for this arrest then we'll be able to report it.]
According to BoingBoing, the "hack" was simply tha...
Anonymous
I can't believe they're charging this guy for usin...
Anonymous
Yeah, we wouldn't want facts to predjudice a jury,...
Anonymous
Sounds like a distorted story, regardless.
Okay...
Jarett Weintraub
IS there any proof that this guy is merely "guilty...
Ayn Marx
to quote the editor in a previous comment: "preven...
Anonymous
Just after this hit the news, I naturally visited ...
Anonymous
"Ed note: We're just dealing with facts - you're t...
john b
Blimey there's more muppets out there than I thoug...
Rob
For every major disater there is a many who take j...
Anonymous
Nice factual reporting.
How the Yanks dare to h...
Silly Con Dotcom.
Hmmm. I applaud Silicon's stance of only reporting...
Dan
They are not reporting the "known facts". The prem...
Anonymous
I would just like to point out that the comment on...
Anonymous
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