[kkaske]

I'm old enough to remember all the "Free Kevin" gifs scattered around the internet.

This helps to fill in some of the details. It's a really nice story showing the humanity that can be found in situations when you look close.

[kstrauser]

At DEF CON and related events now, you commonly see stickers saying "PUT KEVIN BACK".

[sudo_cowsay]

Well, he has passed so I don't know if that sticker is relevant anymore.

[kstrauser]

It's probably not, but still usefully signals particular mindsets to others who might share them.

[sudo_cowsay]

ok

[mindcrime]

Call me nostalgic or whatever, but my laptop to this very day...

https://fogbeam.com/free-kevin.jpg

[firefax]

>I'm old enough to remember all the "Free Kevin" gifs scattered around the internet.

A generation of hackers (specifically, the vBulletin generation) stayed as far away from the CFAA as possible after that fiasco, which I suspect is exactly the chilling effect that the DOJ intended.