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(continued from page 5)<br />
realize now how absurd such thinking was.<br />
Yet we're reliving history, only this time the<br />
penalties are much more severe.<br />
Item (c) is a cable. Let's just leave it at<br />
that.<br />
Item (d) consists <strong>of</strong> cellular telephones,<br />
none <strong>of</strong> which were illegitimately obtained<br />
or used for fraudulent purposes. If any <strong>of</strong><br />
our readers are interested in how a cellular<br />
phone works, we encourage them to take it<br />
apart and experiment with it. Any evidence<br />
that Bernie S. was doing any more than this<br />
has yet to surface.<br />
Finally, the Cellular Hacker 's Bible is a<br />
book anyone interested in electronics and<br />
the phone system would want to read. The<br />
federal government has managed to outlaw<br />
radio frequencies but they have yet to outlaw<br />
books. With agencies like the Secret<br />
Service doing their dirty work, it's only a<br />
matter <strong>of</strong> time.<br />
So what do we have here? Apart from an<br />
inept, backwoods police department specializing<br />
in intimidation tactics and a federal<br />
agency bent on keeping a vice grip on<br />
technology, not a whole hell <strong>of</strong> a lot.<br />
Nothing listed above constitutes a crime, at<br />
least not in a democratic society. In a suspicious<br />
and fearful regime, however ... books,<br />
ideas, technical ability - these could all be<br />
considered threats. And by permitting this<br />
to go unanswered, either through encouragement<br />
or through silence, we move<br />
steadily down that dark road.<br />
This whole series <strong>of</strong> events and their<br />
consequences is a disgrace to our judicial<br />
system and it's essential that we fight back.<br />
Every organization which claims to have an<br />
interest in justice should know about this.<br />
Hopefully, the majority will take a strong<br />
stand against what has happened here. The<br />
alternative is practically unthinkable -<br />
imagine a world where reading, experimentation,<br />
and s<strong>of</strong>tware are the only ingredients<br />
needed to put a person in prison indefinitely.<br />
There would be very few people looking<br />
at these words who would be safe.<br />
There are two ways you can write to<br />
Bernie S. in prison. One is by sending him<br />
mail directly at: Ed Cummings 48919-066,<br />
FC! Fairton, A-Left, P.o. Box 280, Fairton,<br />
NJ 08320. You can also send email to<br />
bernies@2600.com and we will forward it<br />
to him. (This method is preferable in case<br />
he gets moved to another prison after press<br />
time.) Remember that all <strong>of</strong> your mail will<br />
be read by prison authorities. we encourage<br />
you to write whenever you can since no<br />
visitors are allowed and this is his only contact<br />
with the outside world.<br />
NEW ADDRESSES<br />
To make your life easier, we now have dedicated<br />
Internet addresses for various things:<br />
info@ 2600.com - to get Info on 2600.<br />
index@2600.com - to get a copy <strong>of</strong> our <strong>Index</strong>.<br />
meetlngs@2600.com - for Info on starting your own meeting.<br />
subs@2600.com - for subscription problems.<br />
letters @2600.com - to send us a letter.<br />
articles@ 2600.com - to send us an article.<br />
2600@2600.com - to send us a general message.<br />
(You can reach most <strong>of</strong> our writers on 2600.com. You may have to figure out their user<br />
names, however, since we don't publicize individual users unless requested by them.)<br />
Summer 1995 2600 Magazine Page 21
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