"(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@xxxxxx
<mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx>> 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@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:tyra3l@xxxxxxxxx>> 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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