Mangione's attorneys argued that allowing the defendant to use a laptop in jail is crucial for his ability to prepare for trial and participate in his own defense.
The judge determined Mangione may have access to a laptop prepared by the government seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
With 7TB of discovery data.
And no network connection.
if it's got the cornell law library loaded, it's a huge help.
Thank you.
my guy's about to drown in the fangirl photos
Unfortunately it's not coming with an internet connection.
Pft.
You really think that's gonna stop anyone?
It wouldn't surprise me if someone has Kali on a USB stick.
They're probably taking out the wifi card
USB wifi dongles are cheap and easily concealable though.
An Amiga 386sx running Windows 3.11 and Office 97, and EarthLink dial up on a Hayes 2600 baud modem.
Oh, so marginally better performance than today's windows 11 machines! Don't make me salivate!
Maybe if he’s good, they’ll give him a US Robotics 9600.
When I was a lot younger I bought a US Robotics modem marked as 28.8k that actually connected at 33.6k, man I was so happy about a few k.
I remember those. That few extra k would download those Pirate Bay files pronto quick for back then.
Modems are a big no-no.
Maybe they will give him an acoustically coupled modem connection and make him screetch into it to connect
No, they're specifically disabling all network connectivity.
They can't keep him from beeping and booping and whirring into a handset, can they?
Where is he gonna get a handset?
Also, it's really hard to vocalize anything past 300 baud
Amiga…Windows…
🤮
He's a hero.
I mean he is a programmer, so he can figure out how to use the 7tb disk space efficiently
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