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Death Penalty For Hackers?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-can't-make-that-stuff-up dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:Obligatory BugMeNot Link: by hedgehog2097 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Parent comment is not offtopic at all. Bah!! ;-)

  2. Re:his bio isn't hard to find by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    He's NOT a computer professional, he's an Op-Ed columnist. That would be why his opinion is on the NYT Op-Ed page. He has a background in science writing among other things.

    I know he's not a computer profssional...I read his bio...in fact, in order to make that clear, I linked to it in my original post. Congragulations on missing the point.


    Here's the oh-so-hard-to-find bio for you savvy computer professionals:

    So you included a link to the very bio I linked to in the GP...the bio you accused me of not reading. Congragulations...you're now officially redundant.

    I don't blame you...I blame our school systems.

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  3. Re:I agree. The very idea of such a penalty is evi by BewireNomali · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm apologize for the above. It wasn't meant to be offensive.

    I've never been convicted of anything, but I did do a couple of weeks on Rikers here in New York when I was 19 cause my family couldn't make bail after an arrest. I was in PC, but it was communicated to me how crazy it was to be in gen pop.

    Again, apologies.

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  4. survival by SolusSD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    viruses are great. really! they ensure survival of the fittest in software. software darwinism. ;)