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Modest Proposal For Stopping Hackers: Get Them Girlfriends

Posted by timothy on from the so-basically-you're-saying-a-lobotomy dept.

kierny writes "Hackers/crackers who get arrested are typically male and young adults — if not minors. Why is that? According to research by online psychology expert Grainne Kirwan, it's because the typical hacker 'ages out' once they get a girlfriend, job, kids, and other responsibilities that make it difficult to maintain their hacking/cracking/hacktivist lifecycle. Could that finding offer a way to help keep more young hacking enthusiasts out of jail?"

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  1. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is as retarded as the last story. Timothy must be taking his stupid pills today.

    1. Re:Wow by Jobless+Fellatio · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The story is completely true, tho.. Happened to me and many of my friends. Exactly as late teens, and then we got girlfriends.