So he defeated a cyber criminal at defcon and saved the day (proof?) and in recounting the story he says "it's illegal to set up a cell tower because it disrupts 911" (which doesn't seem to be true) instead of the obvious thing of criminal hacking? As it turns out, it's a felony to intercept someone's private phone calls or text messages. Gotta love him implying that somebody might have booby-trapped their spying device with an ied, and he's a superhacker that knows, if you open it up the way it was closed in the first place, it won't explode (what made you think closing it didn't arm the bomb?).
Proof? He's got an
FBI challenge coin.
If pressured, he will order one off the internet to prove his story, and I want him to do it.
I'm not sure why the FBI would care about cellular transmissions anyway. Radio waves are a highly specialized field that requires special equipment to detect and diagnose. If you sent a field agent out to investigate a mystery box, what's he going to do? Detain someone because a box is sending out
magic, invisible waves? I'm pretty sure the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) would be more interested in governing radio signals. Jason probably assumes the FCC is only interested in keeping 'no-no' words off FM radio.
Cellular networks have interruptions to 911 services all the time. Try using your cellphone during a concert, festival or stadium game, the nearest cellphone tower will reach capacity really quickly
(there are ways of alleviating this, but that's not why we're here). Mother's Day is another exception where all phone networks go to shit as everyone in the USA is calling their mothers.
The biggest part of Jason's story that bothers the shit out of me is that there is no reason to mess with the box in the first place. Jason is a 1o57 (lost) sycophant, and his reason to investigate the mystery box, is because someone talked to 1o57 without Jason present, and he takes that personally. His own ego is what drove him to action, not signs that something was wrong. Where in his story does he notice interruptions to cellular networks? Did he try calling 911 and discover it wasn't working? Did he unplug the box and notice cellular signal came back? Was there antennas poking out of the box?
No. Jason discovered the problem by (and I can't stress how retarded this is) opening the box and sticking a mystery micro SD card into his personal laptop, and opening the files within.
Keep in mind that Jason is working as a "Red Team Specialist" at Activision Blizzard at this point. Jason has no forensic experience or forensic tools, and his best idea is to stick an unknown memory device into his computer. But let's be real, Jason never really used best security practices, especially when he exposed the internal Blizzard IP to WikiFur instead of doing his job.
Jason just hears things in the ether and repeats them like a parrot:
Is it illegal to tamper with 911 services? Absolutely. But do construction workers get jailed when they accidentally cut through an underground fiber line and renders landline services inoperable? No, because intent matters.
Is it a violation of fire code to block someone's driveway? Depends on local ordinances. But I guarantee if you call 911 over it, the first thing a Dispatcher is going to ask is "Did you ask them to move?". Upon which Jason would have the horror of talking to people face-to-face and not be an internet tough guy.
Is it illegal to vandalize a mailbox? Yes. Again, refer to intent. But mailboxes aren't some consecrated and holy object. And I guarantee you after Jason pulled his bullshit, forcing them to work around his mailbox while he pouted from his window, those construction workers backed into the mailbox as they were leaving, and they're still laughing about it now.
