I really do agree that life w/o parole is too harsh, BUT there does need to be stricter punishment as a deterrant to this type of behavior. Hacking and virus planting can be severely disruptive and as one poster mentioned earlier, could conceivably lead to someone's death in the case of a medical facility being the recipient of the hit.
I really do agree that life w/o parole is too harsh, BUT there does need to be stricter punishment as a deterrant to this type of behavior. Hacking and virus planting can be severely disruptive I have nothing against Life without Parole, or dragging to death behind a pickup for that matter, for people who write or distribute viruses, or deliberately damage important systems.
I do object to the broad brush language that allows the Feds to call any computer literate person they dislike a hacker and put them away for life.
This is just a blank check for the government or any federal agent to get even with anyone for anything. Steal someones girlfriend? You could become a convicted hacker if he's a Fed.
So9