Hardware Zone Sellout Forummer

Reminder to Self

Reminder 1: Never ever visit Hardware Zone's forum page. IP addresses of visitors are logged and given to the police as and when demanded. No search warrant needed. No free speech protection. No privacy protection . If the police ask for it, they will get it. In fact, Hardware Zone belongs to the government -- this singapore-based company was bought over by a government-controlled company a few months ago. Only fools will continue to visit that website (for political discussion) after that! Better visit Sammyboy's Alfresco Coffeeshop (linked at right-side bar) instead.

Reminder 2: If ever one day, want to start an IT company, start it outside of Singapore. Eg. Had YouTube been invented in singapore, the very moment someone uploaded a video making fun of some ordinary citizen (not even politician!), and that citizen lodged a police report, police would demand the company remove the video and then hand over the IP address of the video uploader. And the demand would have to be obeyed by the company, without any protection from the law. No one would dare to upload videos to company. Company will close shop. Better go over to Sillicon Valley (and get US permanent residency, and citizenship while there).


2007-02-01
青年承认虚报爆炸 法官：须查实质影响
陆彩霞

　　...被告是21岁的... 综合控状显示，被告于前年2月至去年2月之间，前后60次盗用9个人的新网（Singnet）或星和无线网络服务上网。在那期间，他更在科技产品论坛网站“硬件区”（Hardware Zone）上，虚报大巴窑有炸弹袭击。

　　案情显示，他在前年7月22日凌晨4时04分，在惹兰红山的住家内盗用一名22岁女子的无线网络，并在该论坛网站张贴留言谎称：“突发新闻——大巴窑发生炸弹袭击”。

　　他也在留言中说，据谣传，发生炸弹袭击的是大巴窑巴士转换站。

　　被告此举导致警方抓错人。他在网上发出假信息后，另一名网络使用者上电子公民（eCitizen）网站通报爆炸事件的消息，而警方也随后展开调查。

　　由于被告在案发时盗用了他人的无线网络，警方最终找上那名22岁女子的家，不仅将她逮捕，还拿走了她的膝上型电脑。

　　女子被捕后，被告继续利用他人的无线网络在论坛网站上张贴留言，而警方也证实发布信息者其实另有其人，而被盗用网络的用户都居住在惹兰红山一带。。。


The Human Battery wonders what would have happened to that innocent poor woman and her equally innocent laptop, had the accused not committed more "crimes" while the poor woman's laptop was ROBBED by the police.