Local news team KVUE of Austin, TX visited
incarcerated hacker Minor Threat on April 23. Footage, interviews and
commentary from that visit will be aired at 10:00 PM following the show
20/20 on May 2. The story's focus is his ban from Internet usage. Anyone
living in the Austin area is advised to tune in.
TV.COM is a weekly, 30-minute television
show devoted to topics of the Internet, online services, web pages and new
computer technology. The May 17th show will feature interviews with two
hackers who have been ordered by federal judges to stay away from computers
after they were found guilty of committing computer and other crimes.
Minor Threat will discuss the details of his ban from the Internet and
how it will affect him when he is released and why he feels it is unfair.
His crime was not computer-releated, but the judge believed he had the
capability to electronically retaliate against the arresting officer by
altering his credit rating and so, placed an Internet ban placed on him
as part of his punishment. Minor Threat was interviewed early April at
FCI Bastrop where he is currently serving a 70-month sentence.
Notorious computer hacker
Kevin Poulsen was released from federal prison last summer after
serving 51 months and is now struggling to cope with a life without
computers. Having been surrounded by computers up until his capture in 1991,
his life has drastically changed since he is currently prohibited from
touching or being in the same room as one. He will discuss the
difficulties he faces as a non-computer user in a high-tech environment.
Please check the TV.COM web site at http://www.tv.com
for local time and channel listings in your area.
A complete transcript of his appearance is available.
KVUE Channel 24 (Austin, TX) - Friday, May 2, 1997
TV.COM - Saturday, May 17, 1997
Extra - Saturday, April 26, 1997