06-11-2007, 22:19
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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/
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07-11-2007, 06:11
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Re: ISP gets man arrested..
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...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...
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Don't laugh too hard, it might happen in Britain one day.
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07-11-2007, 20:03
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Re: ISP gets man arrested..
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Originally Posted by TheNorm
Don't laugh too hard, it might happen in Britain one day.
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How can you be sure it's not happening already? It's not as though THEY would want to publicise it.
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07-11-2007, 20:11
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Re: ISP gets man arrested..
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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
How can you be sure it's not happening already? ....
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Ermmm... you're no writing that from HMP Pentonville, are you? 
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08-11-2007, 00:38
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Re: ISP gets man arrested..
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08-11-2007, 07:47
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Re: ISP gets man arrested..
wonder if vm will ever do this
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08-11-2007, 14:43
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Re: ISP gets man arrested..
What if they do. You've got nothing to worry about. 
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08-11-2007, 17:02
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Re: ISP gets man arrested..
glad you know that
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