Computer hackers are being portrayed as the newest brand of
terrorists. This is a story of a hacker named Kevin Mitnick,
imprisoned without bail for nearly five years. Freedom Downtime
tries to uncover the reasons why the authorities are so scared
of Mitnick as well as define what exactly he did. Surprisingly,
no real evidence is ever presented by the authorities to back
up the sensationalist claims in mass media. But when a Hollywood
studio decides to make a movie about Mitnick's life through the
eyes of one of his accusers, hackers turn to activism to get
their message out. Through interviews with relatives, friends,
lawyers, and experts in the computer and civil liberties arena,
a picture of a great injustice becomes apparent. A cross-country
journey uncovers some realities of the hacker culture as well
as the sobering fact that so many technically young adept people
are being imprisoned.
