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Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail?
While there have been many students who decided they would rather change their grades than come by them the usual way, the punishments for the most part have been pretty reasonable. However, the latest chapter in this type of behavior finds two culprits facing a $250,000 fine and 20 years in jail based on the number of charges leveled against them. "The guys have been charged with "unauthorized computer access, identity theft, conspiracy, and wire fraud." Obviously, these guys did a bad thing, but it's hard to see how the possible sentence matches with the crime. Of course, it seems unlikely that any judge would give them the maximum sentence, but even hearing that it's possible just for changing your grades seems ridiculous."
So you propose lawlessness?
Gotcha. Oh wait, you wants laws, but just the ones you agree with. Who the hell hired you to be mr. law smarty pants?
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So hacking into a computer to change a grade is some how less of a crime than hacking to a computer to say steal user data or "just because"? It's a frigging crime! They broke the law. Do you not get that? Let's play "whatif"...
1. Guy robs store to get money to pay the rent.
B. Guy robs store to get money to buy drugs.
What's the difference between the two?
Nothing! Nada! The store was still robbed in either situation. Doesn't matter why it was robbed. The law was broken either way.
This is one of those "if you have to ask you'll never understand" scenarios. Return to sender.
No, these punks didn't just change their grades. Anyone can see that their new grades were identical to the grades of other students who created their own grades legitimately by their own work. These punks copied those other students' grades. So, like copying those students' CDs, these punks stole their grades, from other students. Those stolen grades are worth a great deal in the marketplace, entire careers of incomes from the victims.
20 years is too good for these thieves. They should have to spend their sentences listening to each week's Top 50 pop songs, endlessly repeated on commercial radio stations.
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When Ferris Bueller changed the number of days missed...same thing..funny and cool.
And today, it will get you 20 years in jail????? Lord, the terrorists have won when we now have zero tolerance for things. When did people forget there is a difference between mischief, and harmful acts?
Truly this is fixing a swiss watch with a sledge hammer, wrong tool for the job at hand.
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