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European Law Could Give Hackers Mimimum Two-Year Sentence

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-only-they-understood-what-hacking-is dept.

judgecorp writes "A proposed European law would apply a minimum two-year prison sentence for hacking across the region. This is a step up for nations including Britain, whose Computer Misuse Act currently has a two-year maximum sentence."

3 of 147 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Also prohibits hacking tools. by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least in the U.S. we have a 10th amendment and a Supreme Court which forbids congress from exercising powers never granted to it

    There's amendments with lower numbers they ignore all the time.

    Why should the 10th be any different?

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    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  2. Re:Also prohibits hacking tools. by martin-boundary · · Score: 3, Funny

    I used wireshark to fix a bug today. Apparently I would be a criminal in the UK, with a minimum sentence of 2 years.

    This is fucked.

    No, no! That's good news! In Texas, you'd get the death penalty...

  3. Re:Queue the misapplications of this law by Ksevio · · Score: 1, Funny

    replace the broken battery who gets charged.

    Well it'd be hard to charge if the battery was still broken.