<story><title>&quot;White hat&quot; Facebook hacker gets 8 months in jail</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17079853</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bryanh</author><text>&amp;#62; &quot;He added that when Mangham was arrested he made &quot;copious&quot; admissions to police about what he had done.&quot;&lt;p&gt;Given the chance, I always bang the &quot;don&apos;t talk to authorities&quot; drum. So now you have to wonder, how did his &quot;copious admissions&quot; help him? Seriously, if you are suspected of &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt;, no matter how innocuous or momentous: &lt;i&gt;Shut. The. Hell. Up.&lt;/i&gt; Get a damned attorney.&lt;p&gt;Of course the classic video needs to be linked: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>d2vid</author><text>In Britain (where this case was tried), the law is different. If you don&apos;t mention facts that you will rely upon in court, it can harm your defense. Shutting up is not as much of an option:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning#England_and_Wales&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning#England_and_Wal...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>&quot;White hat&quot; Facebook hacker gets 8 months in jail</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17079853</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bryanh</author><text>&amp;#62; &quot;He added that when Mangham was arrested he made &quot;copious&quot; admissions to police about what he had done.&quot;&lt;p&gt;Given the chance, I always bang the &quot;don&apos;t talk to authorities&quot; drum. So now you have to wonder, how did his &quot;copious admissions&quot; help him? Seriously, if you are suspected of &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt;, no matter how innocuous or momentous: &lt;i&gt;Shut. The. Hell. Up.&lt;/i&gt; Get a damned attorney.&lt;p&gt;Of course the classic video needs to be linked: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wyclif</author><text>Upvoted. Never, ever, talk to the cops.</text></comment>