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So the lesson is if you are trying to murder people over the internet, don't plug your anonymous sim card into your iphone which is tied to your identity?

• danso 10y ago
  Is that the lesson? I would've guessed the lesson is to not try to murder people over the Internet. Makes sense why AT&T was asked for data. I'm interested in why Tracfone wasn't. But I guess if it's enough to have a phone number and suspicion that it belongs to an iPhone, that's enough to send a search warrant to Apple. Given the popularity of the iPhone, I wonder if law enforcement has the option of querying Apple to see if an Apple account is tied to a number and save them the work of sending a search warrant to the phone service provider. edit: replaced "subpoenaed" with "asked for data"/"search warrant". Doesn't look like a warrant was mentioned in the AT&T case.
  • defen 10y ago
    Was trying to be witty, but really the lesson would apply to anyone trying to be anonymous on the Internet, including those who have more noble motives.
    • jacquesm 10y ago
      If you want to be anonymous on the internet and you are doing this for immediate and spontaneous reasons my advice to you would be to forget about whatever you were planning, likely you will not manage to maintain your anonymity. If you have a lot of knowledge in this field and a fair amount of time to prepare you may be able to pull it off but chances are you will still get a detail wrong somewhere and find yourself lifted out of bed at 3 am. In that case I hope you have a very good lawyer.
      • wapz 10y ago
        I always figured if you had to do something illegal go to a public library you've never been to before and only use a computer once and never use it again. Also disguise yourself when you go. That being said you wouldn't be able to login to anything like twitter and you can't continue your actions very easily.
        • jacquesm 10y ago
          Fingerprints? Surveillance camera(s) in the street tracking you to you parking your car? Forgot not to take your cell phone? Did it ring while you were in the library? Did you answer if it did? Is it the city/town that you live in? Did you talk to anybody while you were there? Do you speak the language natively? Do you have any accent that might stand out? Did you go during office hours? Male or female? How big a city/town was this in anyway? Another 100 items or so? See, it is so easy to forget something, and that's before getting into any fancy CSI stuff.
        • throwanem 10y ago
          You need a library card to use those machines, and though it's been a while, I recall having had to show ID last time I got one of those.
• megous 10y ago
  Risk of death from seizure is not high. Though intentionally triggering people is disgusting and he should never do it again and pay some damages. Intention to cause harm seems clear.
  • stuaxo 10y ago
    At the very least it seems like assault.