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There's a lot of comments along the lines of "How could the governor be this dumb?" or "Does he seriously expect this to succeed in court?" I recall an intervie

There's a lot of comments along the lines of "How could the governor be this dumb?" or "Does he seriously expect this to succeed in court?" I recall an interview with Kevin Mitnick where he talked about a prosecutor arguing in court that he could start a nuclear war with a payphone (or something like that???). Kevin just sat there, listening to the prosecutor, thinking to himself that no judge could be so stupid as to believe that. Wrong. Kevin ended up sitting in jail for years based largely on the belief that he could whistle into a phone a launch nukes. The point is, yes, the courts are, or can be, that stupid, especially when it comes to "hacking". Just ask Kevin Mitnick.

phkahler 5y ago
>> The point is, yes, the courts are, or can be, that stupid, especially when it comes to "hacking". Just ask Kevin Mitnick. +1 for bringing up Mitnick. His book "The Art of Deception" is pretty good and covers what you mentioned. My belief is that the courts and the general public are not nearly so clueless any more. And to the extent that they might be, lawyers know that tech stuff is important and can now make the required arguments to convince any remaining uninformed people how dumb these claims are.
danbmil99 5y ago
In case Kevin is reading this, you still owe me $500