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Blaster Variant Creator Pleads Guilty
Hello Kitty writes "Robert Parson, the 18-year-old who modified and re-released a version of Blaster last year, is on his way to being made an example of, after pleading guilty Wednesday in a Seattle courtroom. According to AP, he can now look forward to 18-36 months behind bars and -- shades of Kevin Mitnick's phantom damages -- may be expected to pay millions in restitution. And then there's that lifelong 5cr1pt k1dd13 title. of course."
I agree. Swift and brutal justice is the way to discourage this crap. Destroy him permanently and prohibit him from operating anything more technically advanced than a lead pencil for the rest of his life. That will scare 99.9% of script kiddies from doing that crap... "oh N03s! they weel take my toies". ...and hopefully shoot el script kiddeo in the head.
those people we do not need on this planet.
Tree-hugging, save the wayward children "he's just exploring the world" hippies, don't bother replying, I'll just delete the notification without reading it. I don't care that you don't respect property rights. I know already, that's part of what makes you hippies, and wrong. If he tries to expore my apartment without my permission, he gets shot in the face as a potentially armed intruder. He should get the same for criminal electronic trespass or vandalism.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
Well, if they can charge a kid with gajillions of dollars in unsubstantiated damages, then why shouldn't we be able to sue Microsoft and others for whatever damages we can dream up and somehow connect to their crappy software?
It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer
i say ban them from the internet 'till they're 21.
I wonder what your excuse is for being an idiot. At least teenagers have the excuse that they're brains aren't finished yet (as I explained in my post- did you bother to read it?)
Bad analogies are like waxing a monkey with a rainbow.