Note To Fugitives: Stay Off Of Skype
from the man-on-the-run dept
We reported last week about Kobi Alexander, the ex-CEO of Comverse, who's gone on the lam to avoid charges relating to a stock-options scam. Now, he's apparently been tracked down in Sri Lanka -- by a private eye hired by a venture capital company, who was able to trace him to a fishing village by tracking a call he made to relatives over Skype. It's not clear it's done much good, as the FBI just says it's checking out the report, while rumors say Alexander's already ditched Sri Lanka, perhaps for some place where it's a little harder to get extradited. In any case, one of Skype's selling points is its "security" -- but as is pointed out on Bruce Schneier's site, there's a big difference between the encrypting of calls Skype does, and a system that offers anonymity, as Alexander has presumably discovered.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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yah really
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Poor Lamb...
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(I was on the lam once, then my friends did an intervention and I went into rehab. I've been off wool for 16 months, 22 days straight!)
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ok so back to
lesson 1) Create new accounts for EVERYTHING if you're trying to hide.
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Lamb
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Learning the language
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Huh, I'll be "dam"ed. . .
The change in the meaning of "lam" from "beat" to "run away" probably echoed another slang term for running away -- "beat it." To "beat it" or "lam it" is to rapidly beat the road with one's feet by running, just as sheep do when they smell mint sauce.
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Free Lamb?
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not that hard really.
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( and no - I don't spell very well at 3AM)
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