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Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:39:38 -0700
From: Laurelai <laurelai@...echan.org>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: VPN providers and any providers in general...
On 10/4/2011 6:35 PM, adam wrote:
> "(Option 3 - the guy heads downtown on a contempt of court charge -
> happens so
> rarely that it's basically a hypothetical)."
>
> You do realize that (at least in the US) - contempt is *not* a
> criminal offense, don't you?
>
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:05 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
> <mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:15:02 EDT, Jeffrey Walton said:
> > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 3:06 AM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@...il.com
> <mailto:tyra3l@...il.com>> wrote:
>
> > > As I mentioned before it is hard to expect that a VPN provider
> will
> > > risk his company for your $11.52/month, and maybe they would
> try it
> > > for some lesser case, but what Lulsec did was grant, so I'm not
> > > surprised that they bent.
> >
> > "Alleged"
>
> Yes. So? In most jurisdictions, "alledged" and "probable cause"
> is sufficient
> to get a court to sign off on a subpoena and/or warrants.
>
> "Dear Judge: On Aug 23, a hacker using the handle
> "JustFellOutOfTree" did
> violate Section N, Clause X.Y of the criminal code by hacking into
> BigStore.com. The connection was traced back to the provider
> VPNs-R-Us. We
> would like a court order requesting VPNs-R-Us to provide any and all
> information they may have regarding this user".
>
> That will usually do it (after bulked up to about 3 pages with
> legalese and
> dotting the t's and crossing the i's).
>
> The next morning, the manager at VPNs-R-Us gets to his office, and
> finds
> two guys with guns and a signed piece of paper. At which point
> one of two
> things will happen:
>
> 1) the guy rolls and gives up all the info.
> 2) the guy calls his lawyer and makes sure that he gives up all
> the required info,
> and not one byte more.
>
> (Option 3 - the guy heads downtown on a contempt of court charge -
> happens so
> rarely that it's basically a hypothetical).
>
>
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That actually depends on the situation, contempt can be criminal. And
frankly if you refuse a court order for information like that, the LE
officers will just seize it by gunpoint legally, then arrest you.
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