Suspected Palin e-mail hacker indicted
posted at 10:35 am on October 8, 2008 by Allahpundit
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No surprises. Up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
He won’t serve a day.
David C. Kernell, 20, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of Palin, the governor of Alaska and Sen. John McCain’s running mate, according to U.S. Attorney James R. Dedrick.
Dedrick said Kernell, the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, D-Memphis, turned himself in to federal authorities today for arrest…
According to the indictment, Kernell posted screenshots of the e-mail and other personal information to a public Web site. Kernell also allegedly posted the new e-mail account password, thus providing access to the account by others.
Any legal eagles (or techies, I guess) want to speculate on why it took the grand jury an extra three weeks to return the indictment? The last time I wrote about this, the FBI reportedly already had the IP logs in hand and had searched his dorm for corroborating evidence. What extra evidence would they have needed to produce to nudge the case over the line of probable cause?
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what a loser
blatantblue on October 8, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Who cares what took so long? They nailed the bastard.
rockmom on October 8, 2008 at 10:39 AM
You got that right. Unfortunately.
kcluva on October 8, 2008 at 10:39 AM
kcluva lol your ID sounds so dirty if you say it correctly.
lol :X
kc luva
blatantblue on October 8, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Heh.
Slublog on October 8, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Keep moving – nothing to see here. It would be a far different story if it was Obamas e mail that was hacked.
Fuquay Steve on October 8, 2008 at 10:43 AM
old west justice anyone? hmm…maybe not.
theguardianii on October 8, 2008 at 10:44 AM
WHY?
Because he’s the SON of a DEMOCRAT Congressman, that’s WHY.
And the crime was AGAINST a REPUBLICAN, so, it’s not REALLY a CRIME is it?
Are we Clear?
originalpechanga on October 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along….Move along….
ManlyRash on October 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Got that right, and daddy had an R after his name.
Smooth Rooster on October 8, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Its ok. Dem’s are up in the polls. Nothing will be done.
Laws only apply to rest of us.
johnnyU on October 8, 2008 at 10:48 AM
I’ll place a bet that he serves time.
‘Cyber crime’ is a treacherous field, and hard to investigate, but it is every bit as real as theft, murder & rape.
More confidence in the technical processes behind investigations should lead to more convictions, and let these f’ers we take their actions seriously enough to put their cornholes in dire straits.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 10:51 AM
I’ve always wondered how they can prove who was at the computer in a case like this. How do they know for sure it was him and not a roommate or friend or anyone else with access?
Esthier on October 8, 2008 at 10:52 AM
nice…..poster child of YOUNG DEMOCRATS!
SDarchitect on October 8, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Uhh… this prosecution is ….uh…. RACIST!
Sugar Land on October 8, 2008 at 10:55 AM
What if this guy admits that he was part of astroturfing campaign that Axelrod lead?
promachus on October 8, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Exactly. They start ‘em early.
BigD on October 8, 2008 at 10:55 AM
I think that Esthier may have fingered the answer to your question, Ed. The Feds may have wanted to make sure that they could prove that Kernell was the only person with access to the computer that was used to hack the email account and post the screen shots.
SWLiP on October 8, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Waterboard the little bastid. He’ll crack in under 15 seconds ;-)
fluffy on October 8, 2008 at 10:56 AM
True, you can only technically ‘prove’ that illegal online activity originated from a particular device’s IP address, but even this can be spoofed. If I wanted to ’set somebody up’ I could do so without too much trouble.
Forensic analysis of his PC & internet traffic can help to ‘prove beyond reasonable doubt’ that it was not a ’set up’. Further ‘reasonable doubt’ must then be established to prove it was, in fact, this shlub doing the crime.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 10:56 AM
That’s always the last-ditch argument, but I’ve had the same question. I assume it’s timelogs and that sort of thing.
He will not serve a day, true. If he did: anyone expect “FREE KERNELL” t-shirts to start popping up?
emailnuevo on October 8, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Poster boy for the “Kos Kids”
jp on October 8, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Nice. The first version of the article didn’t mention that Kernell’s father is a Democrat. A game of Name That Party cruelly ruined by an editor.
Seixon on October 8, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Poster boy for goatse, soon….
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Can Palin do anything in civil court? Weren’t her civil liberties abused?
ctmom on October 8, 2008 at 10:58 AM
AP: The FBI, for all it’s “glory”, is notorious for byzantine case reporting procedures. They may have ‘had’ the information they needed, but gathering it into a format which FBI superiors may approve (typically known in LE circles as a Report of Investigation) may have taken some time to put together. Also, I would not doubt it, due to the public scrutiny of the case, if during this investigation, the FBI in Knoxville reached out for guidance/assistance from their HQ’s. Same for the Assistant US Attorney’s Office there…Everyone in Fed LE knows that it takes forever for FBI HQ to grant any sort of permission, even for the most basic investigative needs.
CapitalistPig on October 8, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Even with the logs some things come in to play
Was it a fixed ip address or a dynamic one
Which user logged in from that address and do multiple computers share that ip via NAT and a router
It is near impossible to conclusively prove he did not walk away from the computer for a nap and a room mate or any one walking in didn’t do the hack via his open log in.
Reasonable doubt is all that is needed.
CommentGuy on October 8, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Go figure…a dems son doing something illigal…betcha it won’t be mentioned on the msm or cnn…may he rot…and take his dad with him…
areseaoh on October 8, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Is it really worth it? So some of her personal emails were publicly aired…..was there any information revealed that caused Palin injury? I’m not sure there was…..not anything rising to the level of infringing ‘civil liberties’.
Of course, in this absurd legal climate, anything is possible…..
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:02 AM
If it were the son of a Republican who did this, it would be the gravest political crisis since Watergate. Olby would cut into regular programming to deliver Worst Person in the World updates and it would become a constitutional crisis.
Now? The media can hardly contain the yawns.
JammieWearingFool on October 8, 2008 at 11:03 AM
During the Duke thing, you said Nifong would never get disbarred either.
thirteen28 on October 8, 2008 at 11:05 AM
The obvious, well-known, tiresomely lamented bias of the media is not of relevance to criminal proceedings, however.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Oy…
null on October 8, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Sure. What if the kid had an unsecured wireless LAN? Any freeloader could have hitched a ride on his bandwidth. Both IP and MAC addresses can be spoofed.
That’s why cyber forensics are so complex and time-consuming.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:08 AM
CommentGuy:
Wrong on several counts: Even if it was a dynamic IP, server logs are kept of who is ‘leasing’ that IP at any given second, at any given time.
And that is just how they got to the kids front door. The whole case does not rest on the IP address. The fact is that the dips**t used the handle ‘Rubicon’ or something in all his exploits, even his legitimate ones. DUH!.
And don’t forget that several of his friends went b4 the grand jury also…I’m sure the USA’s office didn’t put them up there to say that they didn’t know anything.
CapitalistPig on October 8, 2008 at 11:08 AM
He might not serve a day. But he will be convicted of a felony, which means he loses the right to vote. That’s a win.
Also, anyone who has been involved in the legal system knows that his family is paying huge amounts of money right now in legal fees. Lawyers will suck this Democrat family dry. This is usually cause for sympathy, but not this time.
I’m chalking this one up as a win for the good guys.
bonnie_ on October 8, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Because unknown to you, the monitor is looking at you, they can see what you are doing, as you look at the monitor…and by the way, change your blouse, there is a stain on it…
right2bright on October 8, 2008 at 11:08 AM
I think you both have the answer there. Finding the computer is no problem, proving who was behind that computer beyond a reasonable doubt is quite another.
People on the Internet generally feel secure, but obviously not all are as people have been sued for illegally downloading music.
Esthier on October 8, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Limey: You are also forgetting the true evidence, the computer. IP addresses are mostly circumstantial. As someone who is knowledgeable in digital forensics, I can tell you that when that kids computer was seized, it held all the evidence the FBI needed…screen shots, HTML files, everything…Plus, I can tell who was logged in to a machine when a file was deleted, created, etc…
CapitalistPig on October 8, 2008 at 11:13 AM
How can you tell who was logged on?
Esthier on October 8, 2008 at 11:15 AM
The reason it took so long is because the forensics process on someone’s digital data can take days and weeks to complete. Not only do you have to ensure that the data is copied to another device and then every single bit of it has to be gone over with a fine tooth comb, but it also has to be done in a way that is legally verifiable as his or her data when it is all said and done. There is an extremely detailed logging and verification process.
What if he has 4 hard drives and each of them is 500GB’s? These types of cases almost always take a long time to go over because the forensics process is tedious. Fortunately they found the kid almost right away. Sometimes it takes just as long to find the person responsible. It was fortunate that the ctunnel admin voluntarily helped with this and that the “hacker” posted so much useful information within his screen shots. This may have taken 6+ months if not longer if not for script kiddie helping out those who were looking for him by announcing he was the one responsible.
zerodamage on October 8, 2008 at 11:16 AM
File criminal child-abuse charges against his Democrat father for indoctrinating the boy with fascist doctines.
File a civil rights claim against him because the victim is a woman. Violence against women.
jeff_from_mpls on October 8, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Let me add that the kid probably deleted all traces from his computer or he thought he did but in digital forensics, the information can be recovered anyway. He probably deleted his temp files and cookies but that doesn’t mean it cannot be recovered with the right tools. I have a disk here right now that will let me easily pull your MSN, Yahoo, and AIM passwords from your computer and you do not even need to be logged into those services for me to get them.
zerodamage on October 8, 2008 at 11:19 AM
He will be President Obama’s first pardon.
Elizabetty on October 8, 2008 at 11:24 AM
zerodamage
Is there any way one can remove that info from a computer? I’m not an expert by any means, but I often poke around my c drive and I am shocked to find little files in odd places related to things I have done online. (everything legal of course, heh)
redshirt on October 8, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Allah et al, if anyone has a Yahoo account and it is “hacked” even if you do get the IP addy’s (you can get them other ways then Yahoo Inc.), you still need to get other information out of Yahoo as to time frames, password change, etc. Yahoo is notorious for dragging it’s feet, no matter who is prosecuting.
I would know, I was hacked and tried to get Yahoo to send me the transcripts from my account. It took over 2 months to recieve them via a court order.
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 11:28 AM
I use to have something like that, I got it off something like GenerationX.com which is also a bootcode and spam cloning site. That dang site also gave my computer a trogan.
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM
My over/under for time in jail is 13 to 18 months. Here is the legal code he will be prosecuted under.
BelchSpeak on October 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Won’t be that difficult. First, the connection time to the various resources used is verifiable… you can prove beyond doubt that his computer was connected. Next, determine who was in the vicinity of that computer during that time. If he was the only one home, his goose is cooked. If there were others present, you can bet the FBI will turn them in a New York minute. I guarantee you that the kid(s) involved are afraid and will drop the dime without fail. His biggest worry is that another person was present… I think in legal terms, that is called an eye witness.
He’s toast. They wouldn’t have taken this long and gone to the point of indictment without having a very solid case. As far as jail time goes… well, if it were your email or mine, probably not. When he crossed the border and pissed of the Secret Service, he made a huge mistake. I strongly suspect jail time will have to be part of the plea bargain that will undoubtedly result.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM
No. I specifically mentioned forensics for this very reason. This is very much part of my profession. Merely being ‘knowledgeable’ about digital forensics does not enable you to conclude anything about the reality of this case. I doubt this kid is anywhere near my level, but it is perfectly possible to scrub a machine beyond the ability of anyone to recover incriminating data. There are plenty of free utilities available to do this, if you are incapable of creating them yourself.
That the FBI are indicting this kid indicates that his machine had plenty of splattered evidence.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Wouldn’t that be called a Software Scrubber that you can buy at walmart?
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Depends on whether someone on the jury had ever been hacked, or had their identity stolen.
Such a person could personalize this crime to the rest of the jury, helping them to realize this not just some juvenile prank, as I’m sure the defense is going to try and paint it.
MarkTheGreat on October 8, 2008 at 11:38 AM
VA Governor Timmy Kaine (”my” governor; Dem of course) restored voting rights to 1,500 Virginia felons a few weeks ago …. never underestimate the depths to which leftist will go to “win” an election.
ex-Democrat on October 8, 2008 at 11:42 AM
He may not serve a day but he’ll still have a federal felony conviction on his record that will never go away. That’s a “future plans” changer…unless he plans on being a Democratic politician like his dad…where a federal conviction is at least good for a committee chairmanship in Congress.
sdd on October 8, 2008 at 11:43 AM
What about erasing reformatting your hard drive? Would it be possible to still recover anything after that?
I see what you’re saying now. I guess the only problem I would see is if you can’t prove who was home and who was not, but if they’ve indicted him, I would guess they were able to clear that hurdle.
Esthier on October 8, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Are you kidding me?
WTF is the problem with people. Ex-Dem, I thought Virginia was more a Red State… wow, I have no words.
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 11:44 AM
I have no idea what software products Walmart sells, I’m afraid.
Try tucows.com for a variety of tools that will scrub your websurfing leftovers, low-level erasure etc.
Of course, if you’re serious about security, you will be running linux with an encrypted filesystem and SSH-tunneled, onion-routed, internet traffic.
And a tinfoil hat, just like me ;)
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:45 AM
If the binary data on your hard drive has been ‘zeroed’ by a scrubber/reformatter, there is no way to determine what it used to be. At the binary level, there is no concept of history.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Any bets on whether the national press decides to cover this before election day?
Anyone?
ClintACK on October 8, 2008 at 11:48 AM
I have a scrubber, which I used once and God help me, someone was around my computer and thought that they would be helpful and click OK without reading the window and… well… I had to take my computer to a friend to put everything back on. I told my “helper” that if they ever touched my computer again, they were paying for a new laptop since mine at the time was 1200 dollars. I was a little ticked. Besides I hate refiguring my computer… I am lazy that way.
I don’t remember the name, but I saw Walmart of all places carrying it a few months back. And I remember that I was ticked since I paid good money for it and Walmart had it for 1/4th the price.
As for your tin foil hat… mine looks like wings!
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 11:50 AM
So all the kid had to do to avoid this was reformat his hard drive, or would there still be some way to catch him even then?
Esthier on October 8, 2008 at 11:54 AM
I have to snigger (RACIST WORD) at the use of the word “scrubber”. In limey-ese, a scrubber is a low-class trashy woman that puts out at the drop of a hat.
You learn something worthless every day.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Three weeks because at least serving on the GJ is a job. What’s an unemployed a**hole gonna do?
BJ* on October 8, 2008 at 11:56 AM
To put it into simpler terms.
I can look at the water meter out front of your house and say somebody is using some water, but without looking inside I can’t tell you who is in the shower or if it is laundry being done.
Nailing it down to proof of which actual pc did the deed and who was physically at the keyboard doing it is a stretch to prove without a confession. Well maybe if you are the only computer user in a fifty mile radius and the only one provably home you might have a case but otherwise it is weak tea.
The pc might be findable by the network card serial number if the logs are deep enough but that still does not prove a non spoof as others have said since cloning software is available that is all that is needed to raise doubt.
Any way you cut if , first time first offense.
Even if convicted 30 lashes on a naked eyeball with a wet noodle would look like a harsh penalty compared to what will be the actual result.
CommentGuy on October 8, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Provided that the formatting software did a low-level erasure of the hard-drive (not all do) it would make forensic work impossible. There would literally be nothing to analyse. So the ‘paper trail’ would go from yahoo, to his ISP, to his PC, then stop dead.
Pretty f’in suspicious that he reformatted his drive….but with Windoze, anything’s possible ;)
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Hey not to change the Topic, but you asked about Flea control. I was too busy to respond. It is called program and it is a pill the cat eats to help get rid of and keep fleas and ticks away. I used it in Seattle.
Back on Topic.
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Maybe he can write a book the pay for the attorney’s fees and a fine.
Right_of_Attila on October 8, 2008 at 12:00 PM
No… one or more of the links in the chain probably recorded the MAC address involved along with the IP address. That MAC address is hard coded in his network card (usually built in these days). Regardless of what is on his hard drive, access can, in all probability, still be tracked specifically to his computer. He is toast.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Whoa, and I will probably forget that though.
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 12:00 PM
MACs can be spoofed too. Most IP logs only capture the IP address, rather than the whole TCP/IP packet – I presume yahoo or his ISP did a more thorough job.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 12:04 PM
I almost forgot about that. Thanks. I’ll have to try it next time, though hopefully there won’t be a next time.
Crazy, I had no idea.
Well, I don’t know that he did that. I was just curious. If it were me though, especially since he had a head start on knowing they’d be coming after him, I would have done anything I could to erase my computer. I don’t know how to do any more than delete cookies and temporary files, so I’d probably erase the whole thing if not chunk my computer out the window.
Then again, I wouldn’t hack into a VP candidate’s email address either, so it’s obvious the kid doesn’t think like me.
Esthier on October 8, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Ok Limey and CC, teach this girl something. What is a MAC address? And does it matter if a there was a hard line or a wireless connection for IP addresses. My understanding IP changes with wireless, but I could be wrong.
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 12:06 PM
No… one or more of the links in the chain probably recorded the MAC address involved along with the IP address. That MAC address is hard coded in his network card (usually built in these days). Regardless of what is on his hard drive, access can, in all probability, still be tracked specifically to his computer. He is toast.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Worthless
I have 50 computers here at the house behind the 16 port router that feeds this connection.
Part of the setup for the router is to ask which mac address to present to the internet for access.
I can clone a mac address of an actual computer on my net or make one up from thin air my choice.
You can trace me back to my router but after that you have nothing to go on.
CommentGuy on October 8, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Grand juries, like the rest of the legal system, don’t necessarily move with alacrity. Glacial speed is the norm.
Actually, I think that this indictment was handed up fairly soon after the incident.
I suspect, but certainly don’t know, that one or more of Kernell’s friends, who appeared before the grand jury a few weeks ago, were granted immunity from prosecution (if they had anything to do with the incident) and then agreed to testify against Kernell.
If they were not participants in the alleged criminal activity, I don’t think that they can take the 5th to avoid testifying against their friend.
As a result, if they didn’t participate in the incident, but Kernell bragged to them about it or showed them illegally obtained items on his computer, they must testify as to what they heard or saw, irrespective of whether they want to do so.
I am glad that the US Attorney is prosecuting this young man, and I hope that he serves serious time and is fined a hefty amount, if he is proven guilty.
Given Kernell’s online admission of what he did, I suspect that his attorney has his work cut out for him on this case.
molonlabe28 on October 8, 2008 at 12:08 PM
That punk should get split like a rail in prison for a couple of years. Nothing like being some inmates bitch to teach you a lesson.
Chances are he won’t serve any time though. Hez too pretty.
He’ll get probation, a wrist slap, and then he goes back to the computer with his left hand on his doodle and his right on the mouse.
Sapwolf on October 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 12:00 PM
MACs can be spoofed too. Most IP logs only capture the IP address, rather than the whole TCP/IP packet – I presume yahoo or his ISP did a more thorough job.
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 12:04 PM
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM
That punk should get split like a rail in prison for a couple of years. Nothing like being some inmates bi*ch to teach you a lesson.
Chances are he won’t serve any time though. Hez too pretty.
He’ll get probation, a wrist slap, and then he goes back to the computer with his left hand on his doodle and his right on the mouse.
Sapwolf on October 8, 2008 at 12:13 PM
I keep the servers for my business at a colo site in Deerfield Beach and I capture much more than the IP…
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 12:15 PM
I’ve lived in Virginia for forty two years and I’ve never seen anything like what’s happening now. Basically the entire state remains strongly red with the exception of the People’s Republic of Northern Virginia and the urban areas in Richmond and Newport News. So many liberal norhernors have moved into Northern Virginia that the voting demographics of the state have been altered. The Democratic elitists who now reside in Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties provide the margin of victory in state wide and federal elections but the majority of the congressional districts remain strongly Republican.
sdd on October 8, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Actually I had rather see the max fine imposed than see this 20-year-old go to jail for five years. What he did was criminal no doubt, but in the final analysis no one was hurt. Let his Democrat Daddy pay that big stiff fine and I will be happy with the outcome.
Maxx on October 8, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Ahhh I see. Same here in Alaska, with the Californians, Washingtoner and Oreganer’s moving up here in droves. They say they want change and still vote for the crap candidate… and this is the reason that Anchorage is turning into a Democratic State.
The obamanuts are getting bad up here.
upinak on October 8, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Please stop using that horrible picture on the home page.
RightWinged on October 8, 2008 at 12:22 PM
A very smart move sir ;)
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Payback is a Palin.
Enuf said.
HotAirJosef on October 8, 2008 at 12:39 PM
If the son of a Republican congressman had hacked and exposed Obama’s e-mail they would be calling it the worst violation of privacy in American history. They would be prosecuting it as a civil rights violation. They would demand (and get) the resignation of the congressman. The MSM would be wall-to-wall with this.
I don’t like to quote Hannity but we’ve seen the death of journalism in the MSM (including Fox).
Thank God for the alternative media and the pajama journalists.
edgehead on October 8, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Oh yes, I can see the headlines now (on page A-1 above the fold)
Republican Activity hacks Obama’s email account – is that part of a larger trend of intimidation?
Cyber Terrorist had close ties to Republican Party
How far is to far – did rightwing blogs motivate Cyber Terrorist?
The Browning Street blogpost – proof that hacker was working with the Bush Administration?
etc etc etc
18-1 on October 8, 2008 at 12:40 PM
redshirt
There is a way but it requires a little bit of work. If you use Windows, you can use something like Spybot Search and Destroy which comes packaged with a file shredder. The shredder will over write the deleted file multiple times with 0’s to ensure that the data cannot be recovered. Google’s new Chrome browser has a privacy mode which prevents it from keeping any and all tracking data while surfing the web. Apple’s Safari has a similar feature for both the Windows and Mac OS. Of course I recommend Firefox and there is a plugin/addon that does the same thing: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1306
These types of browsing modes are commonly called “porn” modes.
zerodamage on October 8, 2008 at 12:40 PM
OK. My analogy is technically flawed, but it serves the purpose….the difference between your IP address and MAC address is similar to the difference between your name and your DNA.
(The technical flaw here is that you can’t alter your DNA, but play along ;)
I can call myself whatever I want, but my DNA will always identify me.
Similarly, my IP address can change – perhaps every time I connect – but my actual MAC address is constant.
My IP address is given to me by my ISP, but my MAC address is a ‘unique’ (yet spoofable) number that is embedded in my network card.
Beyond this, it’s going to get awfully dreary and technical to explain.
I won’t even go into the different problems associated with dialup services ;)
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Watch out for your cornhole in there, bud!
fusionaddict on October 8, 2008 at 12:41 PM
It wouldn’t be a Federal Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison without some soap-pickin’ action
LimeyGeek on October 8, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Those still don’t avoid the MAC address… the only way to truly prevent any chain from pointing back to your machine is to not use your machine…. otherwise the external information would be unable to find it’s way back to your machine.
CC
CapedConservative on October 8, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Indictment here.
Have fun!
And hey, Governor Palin, meet this creep and stick him with your heels sis-tah!
HotAirJosef on October 8, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Great!
But he’ll likely just plead guilty and get a few months probation. His daddy will have him on a very short leash from now on…!
Urban Infidel on October 8, 2008 at 12:49 PM
If the son of a Republican congressman had hacked and exposed Obama’s e-mail they would be calling it the worst violation of privacy in American history. They would be prosecuting it as a civil rights violation. They would demand (and get) the resignation of the congressman. The MSM would be wall-to-wall with this.
I don’t like to quote Hannity but we’ve seen the death of journalism in the MSM (including Fox).
Thank God for the alternative media and the pajama journalists.
edgehead on October 8, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Well said and so very true.
Maxx on October 8, 2008 at 12:50 PM
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