Not what you'd expect from the West

Credit: www.kremlin.ru

Summary: The Computer Crime Squad goes after a gag and mistreats citizens at the behest of Microsoft et al.

NOT TOO LONG ago we criticised Apple for using the already-widely-maligned police forces in California to harass people [1, 2, 3]. Microsoft has a real phobia of hackers, so even a joker is being harassed:

An Aussie hacker found out that Microsoft has no sense of humour when he leaked details of Microsoft's new Xbox and listed a prototype on eBay as a gag.

Now, watch this prior report:

The Tech Game was provided with a copy of the search warrant served on SuperDaE by the Australian Computer Crime Squad, alleging "unlwaful use of a computer." The warrant specifically names Microsoft, PayPal and eBay as injured parties, but SuperDaE also claims that Epic, Blizzard, Valve and Sony have joined in on the case due to case of unauthorized server access. "Yo, everyone at this point just wants a piece of me," he told The Tech Game, adding that old computers and a cell phone were confiscated under the warrant, and a freeze was placed on his bank accounts.

Here, like in Wikileaks, we find that the police is just an extension of force for private corporations. Nothing wories the police more than threat to corpoorate intersts; it's not about people anymore. ⬆