Sometimes it's not as simple as that. As the world moves more and more towards hi-tech, just taking away laptops might not be feasable. It's like taking a kid's text book away cause they kept drawing in it (schools make parents pay for books now in lue of this).
This story is short and doesn't give the fully story of what happened.
*At first* the passwords were on the laptops (not exactly tapped; they were apart of some tapped data. It didn't say "Password:" if that's what you're thinking).
After the admin changed them all, the kids then used a brute force cracker to break the passwords which they found on the local machines (password file?) and proceeded to install unauthorized software.
They were punished multiple times and they still continued to do it. Calling the cops on them was a last resort the schools were forced to do.
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Try reading the artical I posted. They downloaded tools to crack the password.
Sometimes it's not as simple as that. As the world moves more and more towards hi-tech, just taking away laptops might not be feasable. It's like taking a kid's text book away cause they kept drawing in it (schools make parents pay for books now in lue of this).
This story is short and doesn't give the fully story of what happened.
*At first* the passwords were on the laptops (not exactly tapped; they were apart of some tapped data. It didn't say "Password:" if that's what you're thinking).
After the admin changed them all, the kids then used a brute force cracker to break the passwords which they found on the local machines (password file?) and proceeded to install unauthorized software.
They were punished multiple times and they still continued to do it. Calling the cops on them was a last resort the schools were forced to do.
You can read more of the full story here: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/09/kutzto wn.hackers.ap/index.html
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