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by grioghar 1751 days ago
My time to shine.

BO and NetBus nearly got me arrested on the Friday before my Prom.

I want to tell the rest of this story, but I worry about the statue of limitations and whether the crimes committed are still prosecutable.

I didn’t, at the time, realize what we were doing outside “near, we’re in the ISP’s computers?” but, uh, I found out when the Detectives knocked on my door and took a 16-year-old me downtown to discuss “what I’ve been up to on your computer.”

That story ends with my friend getting kicked out of High School, The HIPAA law guidelines being drafted around some of his actions, then his passing away of an unknown heart issue at 20.

His naive partner-in-crime going on to having a great career in IT.

Side note: we had almost every teacher’s Netware login before we graduated. =)