[doctorless]

To me, the most interesting thing in this entire post is the following:

> Funny enough, in the middle of that question, my internet died and interrupted the call for the first time in the six months I lived in that house. Odd. It came back ten minutes later, and I dialed back into the conference line, but the mood of the call pretty much 180’d.

I find that when strange things happen like this, they’re hardly coincidence. Did you run a traceroute after the disconnect anywhere? Did you see an IP address change? If so, was it a significant change in the CIDR block it was within?

[jacquesm]

That's speculative without any proof and I personally think it is a weak point in the article. I do conference calls several times per week and the number of times I've been accidentally booted out of the room are numerous.

Also, once they realized they had left the room of course they would continue to discuss the case and it is obvious they had to consider all possibilities, including the recipient releasing the information to others, hence the 180.

[anigbrowl]

Also, once they realized they had left the room of course they would continue to discuss the case and it is obvious they had to consider all possibilities, including the recipient releasing the information to others, hence the 180.

You're saying the natural default behavior is to assume the worst about someone and draw a conclusion in their absence, as opposed to suspending discussion briefly while trying to get the person back on the phone? That seems like a very bad-faith approach to negotiation or discussion, given that the legal liabilities are something that were so easy to identify in advance.

[bpchaps]

Er, why the doubt? My internet completely died. My room mates were also affected.. Not sure how I can give proof.