Hi Janina, Have you confirmed the source for this story? I ask as it may be of interest to the science Friday folks at NPR's Talk of the nation. A great avenue to discuss what is standard and not and why. It is on a lot of tech sites, but no firm source. If you want npr's contact information write me off list. Karen On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Richard Villa wrote: > Well, > > I guess that they will feed you. But I'd miss my computers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; <blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com>; > <ma-linux at tux.org> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 3:08 PM > Subject: Use Lynx And Go To Jail > > >> >> >> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/27/jailed_for_using_a_n.html >> >> Thursday, January 27, 2005 >> >> Jailed for using a nonstandard browser >> >> A Londonder made a tsnuami-relief donation using lynx -- a text-based >> browser used by the blind, Unix-users and others -- on Sun's Solaris >> operating system. The site-operator decided that this "unusual" event >> in the system log indicated a hack-attempt, and the police broke down >> the donor's door and arrested him. From a mailing list: >> >> For donating to a Tsunami appeal using Lynx on Solaris 10. BT >> [British Telecom] who run the donation management system misread an >> access log and saw hmm thats a non standard browser not identifying >> it's type and it's doing strange things. Trace that IP. Arrest that >> hacker. >> >> Armed police, a van, a police cell and national news later the >> police have gone in SWAT styley and arrested someone having their >> lunch. >> >> Out on bail till next week and preparing to make a lot of very bad >> PR for BT and the Police.... >> >> So just goes to show if you use anything other than Firefox or IE >> and you rely on someone else to interogate access logs or IDS logs >> you too could be sitting in a paper suit in a cell :( >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 >> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com >> >> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) >> janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org >> >> If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
