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Computers got seized. Intersects heavily with data security people who work on encryption, availability, digital privacy, civil rights, etc
by mikrl 3y ago
Computers got seized.
Intersects heavily with data security people who work on encryption, availability, digital privacy, civil rights, etc
- _delirium 3y agoFor me, the Steve Jackson Games case of the early 1990s [1,2], where police seized computers in a raid later determined to be illegal, was what got me into the whole EFF/FSF/Linux world of computing rights, and from there into Slashdot and HN and other related communities. My guess is that’s pretty common with people of a certain age! [1] http://www.sjgames.com/SS/ http://www.sjgames.com/SS/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._United_States_Secret_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._U...