02.20.07

When Real Attorneys Take Up Armchairs

Posted in Journalism, Society, Law at 18:51 by Wormwood

The latest news in the “McMissile” case is that Jessica Hall has been sentenced to two years in prison for throwing a cup of ice at another car on I-95 in Virginia. Jessica Hall is joined by talking heads and even her victim in proclaiming that the sentence is “disproportionate”. Let’s examine this a little better, shall we?

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01.29.07

On the nature of “disclosure”

Posted in Law at 21:59 by Wormwood

In this post at the Volokh Conspiracy, Prof. Eugene Volokh raises the question of what could happen to Insecure.org owner Fyodor Vaskovich in regards to the recent GoDaddy/Myspace/Seclists fiasco. While I’m not advocating the disclosure of passwords to any account on any service, no matter the perceived “importance” or “sensitivity” of the account information or that on the service, I think it’s important to discuss what, exactly, is meant by “disclosure”.

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