Comment Death Penalty for Parking Violations (Score 1) 263
There are indeed too many lusers who get all vaklempt and take it out on admins if their ZoneAlarm hiccups. That type of situation is right up there with the cluebies who send scathing emails to the abuse coordinator at each hop in a traceroute. Idiocy happens - think of it as an opportunity to educate.
I have no problem with making cracking a felony in most cases IF it can be proven that the victim took even the most rudimentary steps to protect themselves. The punishments currently available to prosecutors in most jurisdictions do almost nothing to actually punish malicious crackers for the massive harm they can potentially do. Unless being a script kiddie pays a heckuva lot better than I think it does, how many are going to be able to come up with the scratch to pay a 5- or 6-digit fine? I think we need the hammer of some serious prison time in our legal quiver to hand out to deter J. Random Haxor from trashing fillintheblank.gov in a fit of pique.
I have no problem with making cracking a felony in most cases IF it can be proven that the victim took even the most rudimentary steps to protect themselves. The punishments currently available to prosecutors in most jurisdictions do almost nothing to actually punish malicious crackers for the massive harm they can potentially do. Unless being a script kiddie pays a heckuva lot better than I think it does, how many are going to be able to come up with the scratch to pay a 5- or 6-digit fine? I think we need the hammer of some serious prison time in our legal quiver to hand out to deter J. Random Haxor from trashing fillintheblank.gov in a fit of pique.
