[ale] Linux apparently illegal in MA

[Robert Reese~]

 From the Maybe-We-Need-Another-Tea-Party Dept:

* A BOSTON COLLEGE STUDENT'S COMPUTER, CELL PHONE, AND OTHER PROPERTY WERE 
SEIZED as part of an investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing 
list identifying another student as gay. Not only is there no indication that 
any crime was committed, the support for the search warrant is at times 
laughable. Some of the supposedly suspicious activities listed include: the 
student being seen with "unknown laptop computers," which he "says" he
was fixing for other students; the student uses multiple names to log on to his 
computer; and the student uses two different operating systems, including one 
that is not the "regular B.C. operating system" but instead has "a black screen 
with white font which he uses prompt commands on."

During its March 30th search, police seized (among other things) the student's 
computers, storage drives, cell phone, iPod Touch, flash drives, digital camera, 
and Ubuntu Linux CD. None of these items have been returned. His personal 
documents and information are in the hands of the state police, which continue 
to examine them without probable cause, searching for evidence to support 
unsupportable criminal allegations.

For the full blog post:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/boston-college-prompt-commands-are-suspicio
us
<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/boston-college-prompt-commands-are-suspici
ous>

For the press release:
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/13
<http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/13>


And yes, these are the same f*cking moronic idiots that arrested two guys for 
putting up LED cartoon characters.
http://www.boston.com/news/specials/local/cartoon_devices/
<http://www.boston.com/news/specials/local/cartoon_devices/>

Aren't we glad Mitt Romney didn't make President?!?

Cheers,
Robert~