Gag order lifted on MIT students

[neil]

So you've probably all heard about the cancelled "Anatomy of a Subway Hack" talk. It appears the gag order has been allowed to expire on the three MIT Students involved.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-100....html?hhTest=1

[theprez98]

Re: Gag order lifted on MIT students

So you've probably all heard about the cancelled "Anatomy of a Subway Hack" talk. It appears the gag order has been allowed to expire on the three MIT Students involved.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-100....html?hhTest=1

Of course, now that Defcon is over...

[noid]

Re: Gag order lifted on MIT students

Maybe they fixed all the 0-days :)

[paint]

Re: Gag order lifted on MIT students

but um.... didn't we all get the PP on the CD.. anyway .. or do they not know that their are at least 4k copies

[Dallas]

Re: Gag order lifted on MIT students

While I understand the cities need to protect their system, this legal bs need not fly.

Next time this happens, we need to have a group who can and will go ahead and release this in multiple forms - video, similar presentations, ect.

I wonder what would have happened if one of us had been brought up to speed on the flaws and did a theoretical presentation the next day of defcon, never mentioning the city or type of transportation.

Its stupid that legal maneuvering was able to restrict their right to free speech.

but um.... didn't we all get the PP on the CD.. anyway .. or do they not know that their are at least 4k copies

[Deviant Ollam]

Re: Gag order lifted on MIT students

Its stupid that legal maneuvering was able to restrict their right to free speech.

just like during large-scale protests in urban centers (like against the war, for Roe v Wade, etc etc etc) when cops will round up huge numbers of people under questionable circumstances and just keep them locked up for 24 or 48 hours, until the demonstrations are over, then drop all charges and release them. i wish it were easier to ask for redress of grievances against the city under those circumstances.

timing is so key in many matters of important speech and communication... and if you can disrupt someone's talk even for just a few days often that has a dramatic impact on them due to changes in audience interest, press attention, etc.