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01 Aug 2012, 5:42 am

i ran a program cracking group a few years ago hares some of the companies we wronged:
Microsoft(windows vista keygen)
Nero (Nero 8 crack)
and more we had over 100,000 downloads in the few months teammht was around before I got out of it.

what legal issues can I get into?
im 15
live in a childrens home



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01 Aug 2012, 6:46 am

If you are 15, and did this 'a few years ago', you are clearly a genius. A career in MI5 seems open to you, with potential to get into far deeper legal hot water!



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01 Aug 2012, 7:50 am

ChrisP wrote:
If you are 15, and did this 'a few years ago', you are clearly a genius. A career in MI5 seems open to you, with potential to get into far deeper legal hot water!

making cracks annd keygens are not that hard i seached on youtube how to make them
a youtube seach helps alot

ps. im not a genius i just sent loads of hours reseachering how to do it



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01 Aug 2012, 9:02 am

as a minor, being locked up is a last resort (serious violent crimes).

the focus would be on rehabilitation, and understanding consequences of what you did, not punishment

you were only a kid



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01 Aug 2012, 9:33 am

ChrisP--what do you expect on a website for people with Autism? :lol:

The people who run the home you live in might get fined or something, but since you were clearly very young when you did that you probably won't get into 'trouble.'



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01 Aug 2012, 10:28 am

I think it's a bad idea to talk about this on a public forum where IP adresses are logged, and ultimately available to law enforcement agencies provided that they furnish a warrant.


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01 Aug 2012, 10:46 am

You will be eaten alive by Steve Ballmer



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01 Aug 2012, 1:55 pm

pastafarian wrote:
as a minor, being locked up is a last resort (serious violent crimes).

the focus would be on rehabilitation, and understanding consequences of what you did, not punishment

you were only a kid


I think a good nerve stapling might be in order.


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01 Aug 2012, 2:22 pm

Fogman wrote:
I think it's a bad idea to talk about this on a public forum where IP adresses are logged, and ultimately available to law enforcement agencies provided that they furnish a warrant.


Too late. The FBI have already been in contact and I've had to furnish them with mmcools IP address, email address, his home address and incriminating details about his interests in pink fluffy dinosaurs. :P



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01 Aug 2012, 2:27 pm

TallyMan wrote:
Fogman wrote:
I think it's a bad idea to talk about this on a public forum where IP adresses are logged, and ultimately available to law enforcement agencies provided that they furnish a warrant.


Too late. The FBI have already been in contact and I've had to furnish them with mmcools IP address, email address, his home address and incriminating details about his interests in pink fluffy dinosaurs. :P

nice joke
i like pooh-bears not pink fluffy dinosaurs
and the FBI do not look at forums much



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01 Aug 2012, 2:33 pm

mmcool wrote:
... and the FBI do not look at forums much


True - that is what the Echalon system does -scans forums, websites, emails etc looking for posts like yours and passes them on to the FBI.

Pooh-bear eh? That is very suspicious. Are you a secret Al'quida member? They use Pooh-bears for training purposes. 8O



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01 Aug 2012, 4:02 pm

TallyMan wrote:
mmcool wrote:
... and the FBI do not look at forums much


True - that is what the Echalon system does -scans forums, websites, emails etc looking for posts like yours and passes them on to the FBI.

Pooh-bear eh? That is very suspicious. Are you a secret Al'quida member? They use Pooh-bears for training purposes. 8O

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... QzASL3k9xQ



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01 Aug 2012, 4:10 pm

mmcool wrote:
TallyMan wrote:
mmcool wrote:
... and the FBI do not look at forums much


True - that is what the Echalon system does -scans forums, websites, emails etc looking for posts like yours and passes them on to the FBI.

Pooh-bear eh? That is very suspicious. Are you a secret Al'quida member? They use Pooh-bears for training purposes. 8O

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... QzASL3k9xQ


Confirms my suspicions. Owl and Gopher are definitely 5th column subversives too! Expect your door being "knocked" at 4:00 AM.



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01 Aug 2012, 4:25 pm

you could call the police over my first post on this thread
but i don't know how far it will go



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01 Aug 2012, 4:29 pm

mmcool wrote:
you could call the police over my first post on this thread
but i don't know how far it will go


Don't worry; you were waaay too young to get into any trouble over what you did. I'm sure it is all forgotten now anyway and the authorities would have zero interest.



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03 Aug 2012, 5:37 pm

I'm surprised no one on this forum have contacted Microsoft about this yet