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Submission + - Nuclear Hacking Pranksters Acquitted (hobbyistsoftware.com)

ConfusedVorlon writes: "It's good to see the courts in at least one land have a sense of proportion. When the artistic group Ztohoven hacked the tv weather report to show a nuclear explosion in the background they say they were showing how the media can influence perception. Czech TV were not amused and took them to court for 'Spreading false information'. The courts acquitted them yesterday."
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Submission + - UK DNA database. Is it good to solve crimes?

ConfusedVorlon writes: "Storing DNA records of people who are arrested and never charged seems like an infringement of civil liberties.
However I have lived in a country where crime is out of control so I'm sympathetic to an initiative that does solve rapes, murders and other crime.

Franklin's statement that 'Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.' seems too trite for me. How should we weigh the risks versus the benefits of an initiative like this?

The Independant discusses the UK DNA database along with it's Big Brother Britian feature."

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