15 years!

Mats Bergstrom <matsb@sos.sll.se> says:

I commented on this before but feel like repeating myself: So an alt.2600 tec-addict makes some hardware hacks on his cellular - and gets 15 years in the slammer for catching some airwaves. A punishment scale suggestive of a very repressive state!

Many laws passed in the last decade have penalties which are coercive rather than punitive. The real intent is to force the accused to give up his accomplices. In fact, law enforcement has had some successes employing this tactic, but at what cost! -- Alex Brock