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Originally Posted by Venkatesh
I really really really agree with what was just said. Posting private converations between individuals without the written consent of all parties is a federal offense. I will look up the location in the USC where the details about this are, but the punishment is not trivial. Something like a $50,000 fine, and/or jail time. Be very careful when revealing conversations between individuals. Note, I don't know if this applies to chats on AIM, but it does to phones and email.
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I don't believe it applies to AIM, so far as the federal statue goes (though I'm not familiar with it). I only say that, though, because I hear frequently that you have to be careful if you live (or the other party lives) in Mass. (d'oh...
New Hampshire), because it is a state law there that it applies to. And if the guy is indeed from MIT ... (granted his threat wasn't the most legal action, either).
I half agree with what you said. But,
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I dont think this is the place to try to publically expose somebody. If you want to deal with an issue like this, you need to do it in private and NOT in a public forum.
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He was the one who started this in a public forum. He vandalized pages, and his IP is free to be posted on the wiki (a looser link could be made for here) as to his indiscretion, so that it can be avoided. (Is it publically exposing somebody when he doesn't try to hide his aims, and a complete history is publicly available on FIRSTwiki?). The AIM transcript might be a different matter, however.