teletrial
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]teletrial (plural teletrials)
- (hacker culture, historical) A trial conducted over the Internet for someone who has violated the hacker ethos.
- 1985 November 21, Brock N. Meeks, “San Diego computer pirates busted by FBI”, in San Diego Reader[1], archived from the original on 2022-10-31:
- Typically, the word is spread on the network of pirate boards that a teletrial will be taking place. Pirates from around the country are encouraged to call a designated board — the trial "venue" — and take part in the trial. Usually the operator of the "trial board" acts as moderator for the teletrial.
- 1986, Phyllis Yasuda, Vivian Frederick, Using Microcomputers: Apple Version, Menlo Park, C.A., […]: The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 227, column 1:
- The spate of electronic retaliation by the hackers has included death threats and the theft of [Richard] Sandza's credit card number, the abuse of his credit rating, and at least two "teletrials"—in which "juries" of hackers suggested ways of punishing the reporter.