At my final court appearance on Wednesday, I was informed by my lawyer that the Oakland County Prosecutors Office had in their possession my original Bluelight post detailing my felony amphetamine arrest and surrounding circumstances. The OCPO also had in their possession two of my emails that I had sent to a friend discussing my situation.
It is common sense that the police regularly patrol these boards, but the fact that they can actually TRACE your posts to you and use them against you in the court of law is appalling. My lawyer said that the print of my post was given to the Prosecutors Office by the Beverly Hills Police Department, and that if necessary, they were more than ready to use my post, as well as my emails, against me in court. Thankfully, they did not have to use them, and the immediate issue became null and void.
Of course, I wondered "how can they prove that is me?" Well, I registered my nick under my school address (as heard on NBA JAM: bad decision), which clearly states my last name. If you have registered under an anonymous yahoo/hotmail email address, that's very smart, just don't put any of your true personal information in the form when you register. My lawyer also cited the specific detailed message of my post regarding my case (it was exactly what happened to a T) was evidence enough to be used against me and prove that it was actually me who made the post, even if I had posted anonymously or under an anonymous email adderss.
Also, my lawyer informed me that they had printed my IP log, which was traced back to my ISP and concurrently back to me at my apartment. So if you are going to be posting potentially incriminating information, DO NOT use them from your personal IP address or home at work, do it at a library or at a computer lab at school, and use a Guest login.
I was also informed that the interception of my email was legal, and would have likely been used against me if we would have proceeded to trial for the weed.
FYI: don't conduct incriminating business over email or post shit on the internet that can fuck you over in the future. Also, don't use an email address that can easily be traced back to you (i.e. school email with last name clearly in the address).
Even though this breach of our privacy is so fucking appalling, it's the era of government that Republicans have voted into office.
I can't wait until July, 2004, and the coming election.
It is common sense that the police regularly patrol these boards, but the fact that they can actually TRACE your posts to you and use them against you in the court of law is appalling. My lawyer said that the print of my post was given to the Prosecutors Office by the Beverly Hills Police Department, and that if necessary, they were more than ready to use my post, as well as my emails, against me in court. Thankfully, they did not have to use them, and the immediate issue became null and void.
Of course, I wondered "how can they prove that is me?" Well, I registered my nick under my school address (as heard on NBA JAM: bad decision), which clearly states my last name. If you have registered under an anonymous yahoo/hotmail email address, that's very smart, just don't put any of your true personal information in the form when you register. My lawyer also cited the specific detailed message of my post regarding my case (it was exactly what happened to a T) was evidence enough to be used against me and prove that it was actually me who made the post, even if I had posted anonymously or under an anonymous email adderss.
Also, my lawyer informed me that they had printed my IP log, which was traced back to my ISP and concurrently back to me at my apartment. So if you are going to be posting potentially incriminating information, DO NOT use them from your personal IP address or home at work, do it at a library or at a computer lab at school, and use a Guest login.
I was also informed that the interception of my email was legal, and would have likely been used against me if we would have proceeded to trial for the weed.
FYI: don't conduct incriminating business over email or post shit on the internet that can fuck you over in the future. Also, don't use an email address that can easily be traced back to you (i.e. school email with last name clearly in the address).
Even though this breach of our privacy is so fucking appalling, it's the era of government that Republicans have voted into office.
I can't wait until July, 2004, and the coming election.
