Anonymous Member Banned By Court From Using His Real Name Online

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/10255815907/guy-accused-being-part-anonymous-banned-court-using-his-real-name-online.shtml

by CodeMage • 15 years ago

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pavel_lishin• 15 years ago

Does this mean he's barred from making purchases online with credit cards taken out in his name?

tedunangst• 15 years ago

Unless his credit card only has his first name on it, no. Did you read the article?

atomicdog2• 15 years ago

Bad news for Cher if she ever joins Anonymous.

eslachance• 15 years ago

Oh no! That means he can't use Google +!

pyre• 15 years ago

That's ok though. This is exactly the type of riffraff that Google wants to keep out of its gated community.

bh42222• 15 years ago

That and anyone who has a stalker, or is not out of the closet, or is a political activist in a non-democracy, etc. Google doesn't like those people.

corin_• 15 years ago

The other thing that tickled me was (this is from the Forbes article):

"A 17-year-old student who cannot be named for legal reasons"

Yeah, I appreciate why that is and why it makes sense, but it doesn't make it any less ironic that somebody from 'Anonymous' can't be named in the coverage of this case.

troels• 15 years ago

Well, he wouldn't be anonymous then, would he?

_delirium• 15 years ago

This seems like a sort of failed attempt to apply the "released but cannot associate with [previous associates]" bail condition to the internet. The first attempt was: can use the internet, but can't post on social networks; and then that was narrowed to, can post on social networks, but can't post with your 'normal' identity to your existing networks.

hopeless• 15 years ago

I'm not going to read the article so I can continue to believe this is little Bobby Tables: http://xkcd.com/327/

aw3c2• 15 years ago

Better link (and actual source...): http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/09/07/court-lets...

sedev• 15 years ago

At last, the court has discovered the deadly weakness of hackers to being forced to use their legal names!

Wait, what?

The decision makes a very, very sad statement about the court's understanding of the issues at hand.

atomicdog2• 15 years ago

What self respecting hacker would use his real name online?

-M0rpheus

Anonymous Member Banned By Court From Using His Real Name Online

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