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Stuart 06-11-2007 22:19
ISP gets man arrested..
 
An indian man was wrongly detained for 50 days when his ISP reported the wrong customer for an IP given to them by the indian police.

Apparently, the police were tracing the poster of an unflattering image of a historical figure, so they contacted Google, who obligingly supplied the IP.

The police then contacted the ISP, who provided the name and address. Trouble is, they supplied the details of the wrong person.

Now, this is where it gets surprising. Once they had caught the actual perpetrator(s), the police took 3 weeks to release him.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11...ongful_arrest/

TheNorm 07-11-2007 06:11
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Quote:
...if you live in a country where freedom of speech is not protected, you can be imprisoned for weeks at a time for no other reason than you use the net...
Don't laugh too hard, it might happen in Britain one day.

Mick Fisher 07-11-2007 20:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNorm (Post 34428899)
Don't laugh too hard, it might happen in Britain one day.
How can you be sure it's not happening already? It's not as though THEY would want to publicise it.

TheNorm 07-11-2007 20:11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick Fisher (Post 34429305)
How can you be sure it's not happening already? ....
Ermmm... you're no writing that from HMP Pentonville, are you? :erm:

Mick Fisher 08-11-2007 00:38
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:)

xspeedyx 08-11-2007 07:47
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wonder if vm will ever do this

eth01 08-11-2007 14:43
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What if they do. You've got nothing to worry about. :)

xspeedyx 08-11-2007 17:02
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glad you know that


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