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TJX Hacker ‘Will Never Commit Any Crime Again’
Confessed hacker Albert Gonzalez’s turn as a Secret Service informant led him down a dark path of obsession, culminating in the largest identity-theft spree in history. Frances Gonzalez Lago, Gonzalez’s sister wrote his sentencing judge that her brother’s work as an informant for the agency between 2003 and and 2008 seemed to act as a reward for his obsession with computers. “All this seemed okay at the time, but psychologically it was feeding an obsession that in the end would become my brother’s downfall,” she told the court.
Continue reading »UCLA tuition riots: 14 arrested, 1 tasered
The full headline is, ‘32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered).’ It’s on GooTube and, “It’s just insane, here,” says the voiceover. “About 30 students stormed UCLA’s Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California’s Board of Regents today,” says the Los Angeles Times , going on »»» Updated at 8:39 a.m.: The UC Regents have started to meet, and hundreds of students have surrounded the building, protesting the proposed fee hike. Students who spent the night were sprawled outside Campbell Hall in sleeping bags. They carried posters and signs that read, “Don’t take our education away” and “Don’t privatize, democratize.” Many wore bandannas over their faces.
Continue reading »Premier subscribers: live chat with the EFF’s Fred von Lohmann Wednesday night
Ars Premier 2.0 is our new and improved subscriber program that offers some fantastic benefits for subscribers. So far we’ve had chats with Mac OS X reviewer John Siracusa and Ars cofounder Jon Stokes . We’re excited to announce our next live chat, with Electronic Frontier Foundation senior staff attorney Fred von Lohmann.
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