Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO | reply to rstrandb
Re: Crack down rstrandb
It takes about ten minutes to grab a usable profiles off of another head end (the same two macs cannot run on the same head end at the same time). It does NOT take a lot of hacking or anybody with specialized knowledge to use a hacked modem(just as difficult as installing a new driver). It really does not drive up the cost of service significantly either (which is why the ISPs just ignore them). While the ISPs could prevent a single mac from being used twice (system wide) they do not do so becuase of the cost benefit ratio.
I think it is highly likely that someone other than the ISPs was the reason behind the FBI doing this. The FBI needs to go after criminals who actually causing real harm. This is not entirely their fault, after 911 the white collar crime division was virtually stripped of all personnel (reassigned to terrorist watch). It has just been in the last year (or so) that a significant amount of personnel has been reassigned to this section (due to Madoff?). |
