I've often wondered: Would a scientist, or group of scientists, from, say, the 1860s, locked in an RF transparent dome in the middle of a modern city, be able to detect intelligent communication?

Could they detect, receive, and decode 802.11a/b/g/n wifi? Digital television? The various cellular protocols?

The 1880s? The 1900s? 1920s? 1940s? 1960s? Hell, the 1980s?

The problem is, that 'no wrongdoing' verdict might come after years of litigation, costing millions of dollars, a non-zero amount of business impact (people getting depositioned, document discovery, etc etc) and who knows how much lost customer goodwill.

After all, smoke=fire, mud sticks, etc etc.

The school started a relationship with Facebook the moment they knowingly logged in with somebody else's credentials.

Credentials gained under duress, in case anybody says 'but she handed them over!'

Goddamn right.

There's an outline out there for a proposed second season, and it's awfully dark.