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Jason Calacanis's Felony-Friendly Hiring Practices
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03/06/09
*sorry
03/05/09
03/05/09
He pled guilty to "identity theft and wire and bank fraud."
He would "access private communications between that computer and bank accounts, such as those on PayPal. Schiefer and others would then use those communications to find out a users' account name(s), or usernames, and that user's password(s). Schiefer would then access accounts and make purchases unbeknowst to the true owner. Schiefer also admitted to giving those usernames and passwords to others."
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Come on - this is exactly identical to, and worse in many ways than, someone breaking your car window and stealing your wallet, stereo, etc. Hundreds and thousands of times.
Everyone does it? Really? The guy is a crook who stole people's hard-earned money, and now he's going to jail.
This has got absolutely nothing to do with hacking.