Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 18905
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8/6     <DEAD>www.svmagazine.com/2000/week33/features/Story01.html<DEAD>
        Months later, the public was let in on the joke. Naughton had
        agreed to give technical assistance, including writing software,
        to the FBI in exchange for a lighter sentence. Neither Naughton,
        the U.S. Attorney's office nor the FBI will comment on the
        nature of his work.
        \_ We'll find out the details this week.
        \_ moral of the story-- YOU ARE BEING WATCHED. Think twice before
           you post on motd, wall, email, or download porn. Everything is
           taken as literal, even in the so called internet fantasy world.
           \_ and dont forget to encrypt your pr0n
              \_ zbeny bs gur fgbel-- LBH NER ORVAT JNGPURQ. Guvax gjvpr
                 orsber lbh cbfg ba zbgq, jnyy, rznvy, be qbjaybnq cbea.
                 Rirelguvat vf gnxra nf yvgreny, rira va gur fb
                 pnyyrq vagrearg snagnfl jbeyq.
                 \_ naq qbag sbetrg gb rapelcg lbhe ce0a

        \_ Thank God I use my own encryption method to edit the motd.
        \_ I think this was all an elaborate plot by the FBI to get a
           young, extremely talented programmer to sign his life away on
           some classified government project. He was probably targetted
           because they saw that he was a super smart guy in an unstable
           marriage who visited sex channels on IRC.
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