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Comment Re: Unethical but was it illegal? (Score 5, Informative) 33

Well fraudulent misrepresentation comes to mind, which could trigger wire fraud (18 U.S.C. Â 1343). Also, aiding and abetting (18 U.S.C. Â 2) is in play. Conspiracy if they are collaborating with the ransomware gang, which could bring in 18 U.S.C. Â 1030.

Comment what flock could do (Score 2) 30

This is mostly the fault of the police department, not Flock, but one thing that Flock could easily do that would reduce this kind of abuse is to make all accounts expire after a certain period, say six months. It would not be a large burden for police departments to reauthorize the accounts of personnel who need access from time to time.

Comment Is this legal? (Score 2) 109

I wonder whether this is legal. Riot has the right to ban players who cheat, but maybe not the right to misidentify them based on the hardware they are using. In this case, since the game is free, there may be no contract of which this is a breach. In the case of a paid game, it seems that it would be a breach of contract.

Comment Re:If he was Muslim (Score 5, Informative) 73

Not true. Islam forbids the consumption of pork as food and the use of other pig products, such as pigskin, but allows the use of pig organs to save a life if there is no alternative. Jews too may receive pig organs as transplants since Jewish law explicitly permits any commandment other than the ones against murder, idolatry, and forbidden sexual relations (adultery, incest, etc.) to be broken in order to save a life.

Comment Re:1K crises per hour? (Score 1) 60

Some calls are repeats, either different people calling about the same event or the same person calling when he or she doesn't get through. 911 also gets automated calls from alarms, some of which are false alarms. That's why, of the 1700 calls that could not be heard, they estimate that about 400 represent human callers who did not get through.

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