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More Jail Time For Computer Crime Starting Next Month
An anonymous reader writes "Washingtonpost.com is running a detailed story about how new changes to the sentencing guidelines will increase jail time for most computer crime cases, starting November 1. When will the feds learn that raising penalties isn't going to deter this type of crime? The piece ends with a quote from uberhacker Kevin Mitnick saying just that."
who said anything about hacking?
bite my glorious golden ass.
I dont live in the US nor frankly care about the democratic theocracy running there. The sooner the US falls (like all other empires in history) the better. The ironic thing about the US is americans are unwilling to pay minor costs associated with social services but are willing to pay huge costs associated with running the worlds largest prison population.
When will the feds learn that raising penalties isn't going to deter this type of crime?
It won't deter this type of crime? I can assure you, I've seen plenty of situations where I've been tempted to play the line a bit, but when I think about my lovely wife, and 5 children, and the risk of penalties, I change my mind quickly.
Perhaps we should realize that deterring a crime is not the same as eliminating it?
A $200 fine for speeding will deter speeding - but it won't eliminate it.
[ Dictionary.com ]
v. deterred, deterring, deters v. tr.
To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt: "Does negotiated disarmament deter war?" (Edward Teller). See Synonyms at dissuade.
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
Stiffer penalties? I'd be happy to get damned law enforcement to even take computer crimes seriously. They don't care when your system is hosed by a DDoS attack, even when you track down the culprit and do all the investigative work for them. They don't care when your credit and good name are ruined by identity theft.
BTW, Mitnick is a cheap thug and a thief. Whoever made this loser a hero is getting good drugs, and not sharing.
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SCO is weenies
Gator is Spyware
Microsoft is thugs
There are 408,800 waking hours in a 70-year life. If somebody causes an hour's lost time to 408,800 people, he has taken a life. If you think virus writers, worm writers, spammers, phishers, people who make porno pop-up ads appear on little-kid sites, don't deserve to do SERIOUS, HARD, ASS-RAPE JAIL TIME then you've lost me. Who cares if they are so-called script kiddies. After all, if somebody shoots somebody else with a gun it's not an excuse that he didn't design and build the gun. Making cyber criminals do hard time (and not be able to work ever again) may not be the complete answer, but I won't lose any sleep over it.
Unless you're a Bush family. In that case 2 beers gets you in the White House a couple decades later.
"You spoony bard!" -Tellah