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Thank you, I missed that part. I get some of that but "possession of data with the intent to commit a serious offence" seems awfully weak and broad.

• mingus88 2y ago
  Yeah, I believe many charges get added on to work towards plea deals, at least in the U.S. “disturbing the peace” is pretty common here and can be applied to anything. Intent is a critical piece of prosecution, though. Hard to argue that you were storing passwords for any good faith purpose, so I’d expect that charge to stick.
  • Molitor5901 2y ago
    Ah good point, like the FBI's overkill in charging people; obstruction of justice, lying to an agent, withholding information, etc. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-legal-system-failed-aaron-swartzand-us https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-legal-syste...
    • talldayo 2y ago
      In this case, I think the charge fits the crime. This is a pretty bog-standard MITM attack with a clear-cut motive and intent to cause harm. It wasn't simply that they were mirroring a connection to others, but that they had compromised it with the purpose of tricking the users. None of this is to say that overkill doesn't exist in the intelligence/policing communities. But this guy was running a Kali Linux social engineering party trick from 2013; it's about as clear-cut of a computing crime as you can get.