Can a super-hacker invent a worm-virus to infect law-enforcement (including FBI,DEA, Federal type agencies) computers to find and delete all convictions of consensual crimes?

I suppose it'd be possible to write a few programs to do that. Although, you'd have to burn down the buildings to take care of the hard copies and backups and I'd guess they have several locations for storing backups of the backups.

Why would you want to re-write history, man?

it would be kinda funny, to put names like: Lord Zed in place of Abraham lincoln and stuff like that... or, make it an requirement to have an ascii of bob in every history book...

you can do this already, two ways. First of all, SubGenii have time manipulation powers. join the CotSG http://www.subgenius.com Timeanians, while they have significantly less control over the reflux value of their time shifts, also have temporal control to some extent. sign up at http://northwesterntimeania.homepage.com/index.html
or dont.
try and blow up records, that could be funny too.

Here's what I mean.

A worm-virus that erases drug convictions and such.

If a cop stops you, the electronic database is what he checks. If you have a record he's gonna be curious and toss your car and search you.

If you apply for a job, a standard question is "have you ever been convicted of a crime".
They check the electronic database. If you have a record, you're not hired.

I say It's high time the hackers did some work in this area.

Strike back while there's still time!

yeah, you could probably change the electronic regs, but you'd have to do it in such a way that you were undetected and left no trace, because if you were traced, then the backup copies could be resurrected as z3m said

No.
I very much doubt anything automated is going to be able to be that specific, and that skilled and still retain a small enough size to be easily transmitted.

Only thing I could think of that would do it would hafta be some sort of AI ala the book Worm by some guy whose name I forgot. But thats a job for AI programmers, not Hackers...

We need someone who can alter magnetic fields with their mind to do it.

I don't understand. If you delete all these records, someone is going to notice. Do you mean specific people?

I think what he means is, erase the fact that he kicked an old lady down the stairs last month. He only wants to access his record and get rid of criminal convictions. That's the only thing on your record they care about at job interviews, anyway.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO O NO NO!!


MAKE WAR AGAINST THE SYSTEM, THE MACHINE THAT PUTS YOUR FRIENDS IN PRISON AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE POORHOUSE.

GODDAMN THIS WAR!!!

STRIKE THEIR COMPUTERS!

ERASE ALL CONVICTIONS FOR GAMBLING, DRUGS, AND PROSTITUTION...ALL CONSENSUAL "CRIMES" ARE PROTECTED BY OUR CONSTITUTION.

JEESUS H. CHE-RIST...INFANTICIDE IS LEGAL BECAUSE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY, BUT THAT SAME CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT DOES'NT LET YOU SMOKE A JOINT IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN HOME????????????????????????????

WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE??!!!?!?!?!??

your caps lock is on.

Infantcide is legal! Hop digity.

Yeah, you show the Man who's boss. Or, something along those lines....

It's all about RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE my brothers and sisters....
I stand on a silent platform, Fight the war, fuck the norm!!!

Finally, a person who understands the situation has posted a reply.

Thanks, Clown Unit. Glad to know there's fighters here.

BTW: I saw the Gun Club at Crazy Momma's.

Hey Bongman...you sound cold-hearted.

Wouldn't change the laws genius, hacking that would be great I guess, but wouldn't solve the underlying problem, that is, the laws that imprison and create those records. Erasing everything now does nothing for the guy who gets caught tommorow....

Or those who are in jail on a 20 year sentence for possession of marijuana.

"Oh, I'm sorry. You shouldn't be in here. Here's all your stuff back."

All this would do would be to make the public even more against hackerish types.

whats wrong with this picture is this.

everybody's fighting this on a forum where nothing at all can be done about the situation. jadedfool is right.

if you're going to rage against the machine make sure the machine can hear you or it does no good.

great name for a politically active band by the way.

I do my part against commericalism. I'm not fighting any more battles today.

It is a real war, you know. How so many can not seem to appreciate the reality of this war is astonishing.

Perhaps I have posted in the wrong area...

PS: Yep. Changing laws is a good idea. How can I do that, please? Can you tell me how to change the laws?

Ever read "Steal This Book" by Abbie Hoffman?
(see www.disinfo.net/)

"Congress shall make no law...", that would endorse or prohibit a religion.

"Congress shall make no law...", that abridges free speech and press...".

"Congress shall make no law...", that abridges the right of people to rally and protest; to ask the govt. to right wrongs.

Seems pretty clear to me...

"No law" means no law.

And furthermore, we have the right to be secure in person and property against unreasonable searches and seizures (see www.fear.org/).

Yes, you're going to remind me that the Constitution is already dead, like god, right?

Hey, how YOU fight back?????????????????????

Were you aware that each and evey one of the your rights on the Bill of Rights has been violated. Even number 3 on Housing of Soldiers, which doesn't apply too much to our times, has been broken by the government. The file's on TOTSE somwhere. You'd like it, Professor.

Virus? don't you knwo that all the data is backed up and the is also an airgap and writing effective virii for machines not running windows is bloody hard. In short no.

Seems like nobody here gives a rip about living in a police state.