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Government,
Criminal

Oct. 30, 2017

When technology and oppressive law meet

Today, I intend to use the worst and most harrowing story of the use and abuse of the confluence of technology and oppressive law. Like all good stories about quelling dissidents, it contains a good conspiracy debate to leave you with.

Jason S. Leiderman

Law Offices of Jay Leiderman

Email: Jay@Criminal-Lawyer.me

"Jay" Leiderman is an attorney in Ventura who specializes in hacking and computer crime.

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When technology and oppressive law meet
Gen. Stanley McChrystal during a news conference in Washington, on May 13, 2010. (New York Times News Service)

HACKING THE LAW

"A nerd and two journalists walk into a bar ... and exemplify the danger of discovering and sharing harmful information in the new digital revolution."

On Jan. 22, 2015, Barrett Brown spoke these words in a Dallas courtroom to U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay. Brown said, "Deny being a spokesperson for Anonymous hundreds of times, and you're still a spokesperson for Anonymous. Deny being a jour...

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