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   Jail time is wrong for thieves

   

   Mark Fox, Mar 6th, 2002 @ 1:58pm

   
   

   Also, the law never puts the responsibility on whoever maintains the locks or the doors involved which should have had better security and better closing procedures, and always blames the curious thief who half the time probably doesn't even realize what they're doing.

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   Re: Jail time is wrong for thieves

   

   Mike (profile), Mar 6th, 2002 @ 2:03pm

   
   

   Aha. Good point... I am not saying that someone who breaks into someone's computer isn't deserving of some sort of punishment. However, the understanding that lawmakers have of what "hacking" is, is problematic - and they're likely to send someone to jail for life for doing something harmless. That's the problem...

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   Re: Jail time is wrong for thieves

   

   Mark Fox, Mar 7th, 2002 @ 9:33am

   
   

   The article had the example "Let's say someone hacks into the local power grid and, as a result, a hospital loses power to its critical patient care units".
   
   The punishment the hacker/cracker should get should depend on their intentions just as there is a different between murder and causing death by negligence, etc. If a kid was checking out the power company and accidently turned off part of the grid that is one thing, terrorists are another. However the degree of responsiblity the power company had to protect itself, and no matter what steps they took, that does not stop the power who hacked in from being responsible for their actions.

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