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Death Penalty For Hackers?
EMIce writes "The New York Times Op-Ed page has a piece entitled Worse Than Death (Obnoxious but free registration required) that calls for harsher 'hacker' penalties as a deterrent, quoting one academic as recommending even well, the death penalty - as a deterrent for the likes of Sasser author Sven Jaschan. Let's face it, businesses are becoming more dependent on their computers but they continue to be a point of failure, and subsequently, frustration through lost profits. Perpetrated breakdowns are now pushing that aggravation towards an edge. The author suggests commuting the idea of a death sentence into a lifetime of servitude doing viral cleanup. What role should enforcement play in such cases and is this too harsh, even considering the billions in damage that is sometimes caused?"
Ahh. That explains the demise of Phrack I guess.
...is to make them work the Help Desk of any random ISP.
Yes, but some really rich guys had to fire half their master bathroom attendant staff for a week because they lost a few million as a result. Those former attendants were then deported because they were not legal citizens. In their home country they were seen as failures for not saving their family and stoned to death in a public square.
See...hacking causes death! Death to hackers!
"shutdown"? Don't molly-coddle 'em.
# kill -9 1
Lesson learned: wait until you're a old rich white man before you begin your hacking career!
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Dear hedgehog2097,
It looks like you've hacked our registration system.
See you in the death row.
Sincerely,
The New York Times