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This is how Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper describes "knowing wife's password and logging into gmail":

"The guy is a hacker," Cooper said in a voice mail response to the Free Press last week. "It was password protected, he had wonderful skills, and was highly trained. Then he downloaded them and used them in a very contentious way."

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>Leon Walker told the Free Press he routinely used the computer and that she kept all of her passwords in a small book next to the computer.

Wish I had skills like that. I wonder where he was trained to hack computers, I'd love to reach that level some day.

When I read that portion, I was amazed that this action was brought. I don't know what is motivating the prosecutor but I doubt it is a sense of justice.

He caught her having an affair. I doubt justice is on her mind; more like vengeance, and this showed up as something to get angry over. As to the prosecuting lawyer... probably money.

"wonderful skills" = able to open and read the notebook of written passwords she kept beside the computer.

I hear literacy is all the rage these days in the elite h4x0r community.

Where can I download that?

http://freehaxx0rd0wnlaods.webs.com

Chuckle all you want; if you run your startup on a mainstream web stack, take my word for it, there are people chuckling at the idea that you take your own security seriously. Should we make fun of you when you get popped?

The law doesn't protect only those accounts that are protected according to SANS-endorsed best practices. Thankfully.

Are you advocating obscure or proprietary web stacks for enhanced security?

No, I'm advocating being careful with the glass houses.

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