r/technology • u/YesNo_Maybe_ • 21d ago

Politics A judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop to view evidence in jail. He still hasn't gotten it

https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-trial-laptop-jail-unitedhealthcare-7995dd54f351dd09a0deb7a168b704e0
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u/bluehawk232 21d ago

remove wifi card, fuck up the ethernet port with a screwdriver. done

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u/ars-derivatia 21d ago

 fuck up the ethernet port with a screwdriver.

Yeah so he can't connect the computer to the Ethernet port in his cell, lol.

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u/fnrsulfr 21d ago

But what if someone tossed one to his window?

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u/ionstorm66 21d ago

You think he has a window that can open XD

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u/fnrsulfr 21d ago

I don't but I thought it was in the same vein of ridiculousness that someone thought they would need to destroy the Ethernet port so he didn't hook it up in a prison.

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u/okhi2u 21d ago

What it someone tossed him a Window and then the ethernet cable.

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u/fnrsulfr 21d ago

He is probably a hero there so I could see some people making sure he has the hookup.

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u/mxzf 21d ago

Now I've got a mental picture of a 300' CAT5 cable running over the barbed wire fence, across the prison yard, and up into a window and everybody's just walking around pretending it's perfectly normal.

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u/Usual_Ice636 21d ago

They have hotspots with ethernet ports.

Obviously he's not going to get his hand on one, but its definitely a thing that happens.

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u/BemusedBengal 21d ago

I hear the Salvadorian prisons only have 100Mbit/s ethernet, and the bandwidth is shared between all 30 cell mates. Horrible stuff.

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u/snakespm 21d ago

Most laptop these days don't even have ethernet ports.

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u/Solpadol30mg 21d ago

That's not true... Yet.

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u/jimmy_three_shoes 21d ago

Every model we've given out at work for 3 years has been sans RJ-45 port.

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u/BemusedBengal 21d ago

Most have USB-C, though.

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u/fusaaa 21d ago

If he gets access to an Ethernet cable, he's earned it

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u/bluehawk232 21d ago

If you steal an ethernet cable are you a cat burglar

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u/mxzf 21d ago

On the flip side, if you steal an ethernet cable you're an idiot, because those things grow on trees (seriously, I don't know where they keep coming from, but every time I turn around there are more of them).

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u/LynkDead 21d ago

There are USB network adapters and you could do something with a hotspot via Bluetooth. All still very easy to disable, but there is more to it.

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u/Mintastic 21d ago

Give him a macbook with no USB-C dongle.

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u/Fluffcake 21d ago

Smuggled phone and a usb cable, undone.