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For those who haven't seen it, Freedom Downtime is a movie by the 2600 gang which is mostly about Mitnick's imprisonment, and the whole Free Kevin movement.
(I wonder who wrote the obituary, it's especially wide-ranging, and poetic in parts.)
dang / mods: if anyone passing deserves the HN black banner, I think Mitnick deserves the banner.
dang / mods: if anyone passing deserves the HN black banner, I think Mitnick deserves the banner.
Mitnick was a hacker hero of mine in my youth. I think I’ve understood his role as jester prior to conviction less as I’ve grown older, but there’s something about the boyhood charm of being so divorced from the potential consequences of one’s actions that is almost unique. Mitnick had so many stories that entranced the people around him. I heard one second hand of Mitnick dealing with a bank who had early voice veri…
How would he have known the CEO's bank account number? Did the CEO write him a check at some point? Or maybe a bank's CEO traditionally gets account number 1…
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have anything else corroborating this? Everywhere seems to be sharing the same dignitymemorial.com link.
dang / mods: if anyone passing deserves the HN black banner, I think Mitnick deserves the banner.
As one of the people whose credit card number was stolen from Netcom, I would strongly object to this. I'm not here to speak poorly of the dead, but I'm definitely here to judge those who think too highly of him.
I’m sorry he stole your cc.
RIP. I still have my FREE KEVIN sticker on an old freezer. One of my fond memories with my now-dead mother was going to see him during a prison transfer in Los Angeles and yelling outside the place until he waved to us and the rest of the crowd through a window.
dang / mods: if anyone passing deserves the HN black banner, I think Mitnick deserves the banner.
Really sad day, RIP - will definitely have a drink for him tonight.
