He thinks I'm a hacker

Hillyard originally claimed that I might have hacked into his MindSpring account in order to send myself obscene email in July 1996. That would be a mighty strange thing for me to do, since I didn't know who he was before receiving that email! If, however, I had done so or even attempted to do so, MindSpring's server logs would have shown evidence of the attempt. They don't, as no hacking took place. After seeing that nobody took his accusations seriously, Hillyard admitted that the obscene email was sent from his account—but claimed that it was sent by his son and his daughter's boyfriend.

In March and April 1997, Hillyard accused me of hacking into his web site and "stealing" his checkbook records. I've explained, in detail, what actually happened elsewhere on this site. His own web logs as posted on his web pages proved that I had not hacked into anything, and made him look even sillier because he didn't have the sense to read them properly. He claims I gained access to a "password protected directory" while providing logs that show no password request. If he had any evidence of hacking, or if they even strongly suspected that it might be the case, MindSpring would have cancelled my account, and Hillyard could have had me arrested for criminal trespass under Georgia law. Please note that neither of those things occurred.

I find it interesting that Hillyard has again claimed that someone who is simply viewing pages on his site was "hacking" into it—as evidenced by email he sent to staffers of a British television show after he'd refused an interview with them. Basically, he wants to have a website, but he's decided that any time someone he doesn't like views it they're guilty of "hacking."

 

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