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Why 'Cyber Crime' Should Just Be Called 'Crime'
netzar writes "CAUSE executive director Neil Schwartzman, in a post on CircleID, urges governments and law enforcement to treat cyber crime as what it really is: 'crime': 'When someone is mugged, harassed, kidnapped or raped on a sidewalk, we don't call it "sidewalk crime" and call for new laws to regulate sidewalks. It is crime, and those who commit crimes are subject to the full force of the law. For too long, people have referred to spam in dismissive terms: just hit delete, some say, or let the filters take care of it. Others — most of us, in fact — refer to phishing, which is the first step in theft of real money from real people and institutions, as "cyber crime." It's time for that to stop... This isn't just email. This isn't a war. This isn't "cyber." This is crime.'"
saying IT.
I hear people actually say "I'm in IT." It's like saying "I work in roads" Are you a street cleaner? civil engineer? road painter? sell rock?
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Personally I'm not much interested in someone's motivations for committing a crime, only the results and their actual actions.
So you don't care if someone's motivation for killing is self-defense?
Or if they have no intent at all for that matter. GP and moderators are insane.