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Cracking Suspect Lauri Love Wins Appeal Against Extradition to US

posted by takyon on Monday February 05 2018, @07:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the case-cracked dept.

canopic jug writes:

The UK high court has finally ruled on the extradition of Lauri Love, the Finnish-British student accused of cracking U.S. government websites. He will not be extradited to face trial in America. The court accepted both of the main arguments that there is no reason he cannot not be tried in England and that he might suffer serious damage to his health if he were extradited.

Source: Hacking Suspect Lauri Love Wins Appeal Against Extradition to US

Previously: Lauri Love to be Extradited to the U.S.
Lauri Love's Appeal Will be Heard in the UK on November 28th and 29th

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:52PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:52PM (#633883) Journal

    Whether we are talking about attacking a server or posting a picture, it's all communication.

    No, breaking into a server is not communication. You might as well say that breaking into someone's house is communication.

    And the people who saw those drawings of the Prophet Mohammed were in Saudi Arabia, and thus everyone who posted those drawings are just as guilty of breaking Saudi laws against "making available".

    Still in Saudi Arabia.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:44PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:44PM (#634085)

    Since he has never been to the USA I find it hard to believe he broke into anything there.
    He may have sent messages to a server in the the USA but that is just communication. Just like sending images of Mohammed fucking the Thai king would be illegal in Thailand and SA.
    That those messages caused the server to do things its owners didn't want might make those messages unlawful in the UK, but if so then the crime of sending those messages occurred in the UK.

    If you don't like what messages from someone in another country do to your servers, then don't accept them.
    You should not get to extradite someone just because you don't like what they are doing in their home.

    Also can you really not see the difference between sending packets of information across the internet and flying to Cleveland to attack your house with a crowbar?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday February 06 2018, @09:20PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 06 2018, @09:20PM (#634097) Journal

      Since he has never been to the USA I find it hard to believe he broke into anything there.

      Computer intrusion via the internet doesn't require physical visits - you're doing it wrong. And the claim is that he downloaded information from those servers. So not communication, if the accusations are correct.