"Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity

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In his application, the investigating officer asked that he be permitted to seize the student's computers and other personal effects because they might yield evidence of the crimes of "Obtaining computer services by Fraud or Misrepresentation" and "Unauthorized access to a computer system." Aside from the remarkable overreach by campus and state police in trying to paint a student as suspicious in part because he can navigate a non-Windows computer environment

I know that my quote and thoughts are a little bit offtopic in regards to this news, but its the offtopic that worries me a bit more concerning that any OS other than microsoft is seen as "suspicous" to some law enforcements.

Doesnt the state police or campus security have any school education whatsoever?


Taken from:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04...are-suspicious