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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 NerdmastaX · · Score: 5, Funny

      agreed.. if this continues i might as well go back to cnn.

    2. 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.

    3. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So you went back to your mom?

    4. Re:Wow by Reverand+Dave · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, he went back to your mom.

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    5. Re:Wow by X0563511 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      So, here's the question:

      Did your girlfriend stop you hacking, or did something else stop your hacking and the increased social interaction landed you the girlfriend?

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  2. Agreed by slazzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably the most effective idea yet. A girlfriend is a lot more fun than a computer, at that age anyway.

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    1. Re:Agreed by Hatta · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Taking care of peoples basic needs would stop a lot of bad behavior. Prostitution is negatively correlated with rape. Heroin maintenance programs reduce the damage caused by drug seeking addicts. A guaranteed basic income can dramatically reduce the problems associated with poverty.

      Too bad our society cares more about appearing "tough on crime" than effective solutions to our problems.

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    2. Re:Agreed by sycodon · · Score: 5, Funny

      For a teenager, a couple of minutes is stretching it a bit.

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  3. Re:The Girlfriend(tm) by Anarchduke · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Being married is not an experience that is easy to convey. I am happily married even though there are times my wife drives me crazy. Marriage takes effort, its a kind of job. Its worthwhile, but it takes work to make a marriage work.
    And you are right, marriage - and especially children - creates a lot of problems to deal with. So I can see how this would stop hacking. On the other hand, good luck with that. You are suggesting going up to a girl and saying, "Hey, you're pretty cute. How would you like to date an anti-social computer geek that has learned to relate to women through 4chan?"

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  4. Re:obligatory reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Sony;

    You have put out almost nothing but shitty, proprietary crap for over a decade now. Your music CDs install rootkits on computers. You remove advertised features from the PS3. You sue people who have committed no crime just to shut them up. In response, you've been under relentless assault from hackers.

    This will continue until you change your ways, or you get us girlfriends. Either way, we're cool.

    -Anonymous