speak now or forever hold your peace

[blackwave]

Feds seek public input on hacker sentencing
http://online.securityfocus.com/news/2028

Sick and tired of a revolving door justice system that lets hackers skate with just a few measly years in prison? Or do you think that the courts are already too hard on online miscreants who sometimes go up the creek for longer than many killers?

Either way, the U.S. government wants to hear from you.

Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts
http://www.ussc.gov/FEDREG/fedr1202.htm
Questions here:
http://www.ussc.gov/AGENDAS/01_08_03/cybercrime.pdf

Note: The public comment period ends on February 18th.

[skroo]

Re: speak now or forever hold your peace

Originally posted by blackwave
Feds seek public input on hacker sentencing

Great... The same apathetic, uninformed, couch-wallowing morons who vote on the basis of what TV tells them are now gonna have a say in setting criminal penalties.

Which raises another matter of concern: is anyone else bothered by how the government seems to be increasingly using the Internet as a method of measuring pouplarity? I realise that this could be a good thing if done properly, but it seems to be more and more of a method of judging public reaction to potentially reputation-damaging situations before they happen.

[TwinVega]

We should have a reality based tv show on a hax0r's life.....we could position two cameras in the house....one next to the kitchen and one next to the computer.....Then the public will know the truth....

[blackwave]

Originally posted by TwinVega
We should have a reality based tv show on a hax0r's life.....we could position two cameras in the house....one next to the kitchen and one next to the computer.....Then the public will know the truth....

don't forget the mom-cam with constant bitching at the kid telling him that he is going nowhere fast....

[BiZaR]

ahhh my parents fit that discription = )
"Ur gonna ROTE down there" Cause Computer is in a little room
"U Lazy ass get up and Do something" Ahh the constant bitching

[Grifter]

They sound nice.

[J3di]

Originally posted by TwinVega
We should have a reality based tv show on a hax0r's life.....we could position two cameras in the house....one next to the kitchen and one next to the computer.....Then the public will know the truth....

thought that was the first webcam operators, before it became a pr0n thing? ;)

[Chris]

Re: Re: speak now or forever hold your peace

Originally posted by skroo
Great... The same apathetic, uninformed, couch-wallowing morons who vote on the basis of what TV tells them are now gonna have a say in setting criminal penalties.

I see what you mean...but at least it is an opportunity for us to get some input, granted it will probably not be taken seriously, into sentencing.

Originally posted by skroo

Which raises another matter of concern: is anyone else bothered by how the government seems to be increasingly using the Internet as a method of measuring pouplarity? I realise that this could be a good thing if done properly, but it seems to be more and more of a method of judging public reaction to potentially reputation-damaging situations before they happen.

Yes...I do find it disturbing that ANYONE would even consider taking an internet poll seriously.