One of the feeds that I subscribe to is Wired Magazine. I saw this article about the kid that hacked Palin's email account at Yahoo! and just kind of shook my head in disgust.
I, in no way, condone what this kid did. Personally, if he was my kid, I would most likely eliminate the possibility of him ever using a computer, watching television, playing video games, or anything remotely related to enjoyment for a long, long, long time. But as it stands he will most likely be charged with a crime and put on display as an example and deterrent for the whole world to see.
Should it really be that way? My argument is not that he didn't break the law or only broke it a little bit and therefore deserves no punishment. If someone broke into my email account I would most certainly be furious.
What intrigued me the most were some of the comments I read:
Why aren't people demanding something else? Like a little more security put in place to protect from this kind of stuff happening. Why was it so easy to break into her email account? It seems all that was needed to reset her password was the answer to few questions that were easily found by a few Google searches. Do you really consider your email account private if all you have to do is answer a few very common and simple questions to reset your password?
Where is the outrage when an unprotected wireless network exposes millions or records of customer data? Where is the outrage when unprotected laptops are stolen and people's credit is destroyed?
Where is the outrage when our phone calls and email are subject eavesdropping by our own government?
Did you really think your Yahoo! email account was secure in the first place?
Seems to me that people are all to eager to throw a college student in prison, but I don't hear anyone asking questions about the security in place that should have prevented the breach.
Have an opinion? Feel free to weigh in . . .
I, in no way, condone what this kid did. Personally, if he was my kid, I would most likely eliminate the possibility of him ever using a computer, watching television, playing video games, or anything remotely related to enjoyment for a long, long, long time. But as it stands he will most likely be charged with a crime and put on display as an example and deterrent for the whole world to see.
Should it really be that way? My argument is not that he didn't break the law or only broke it a little bit and therefore deserves no punishment. If someone broke into my email account I would most certainly be furious.
What intrigued me the most were some of the comments I read:
This "hacker" deserves to spend a whole lot of time in jail. Here's hoping the Feds catch his a** soon.and
Seems to me people get a little outraged over stuff like this. And rightly so, as I said I'd be furious. But a lengthy jail sentence?"poor kid"?? really? do you live in bizzaro world? he broke in to someone's private email account, then posted the information to a hacker forum. her privacy is violated and you support the "poor kid."
disagree with her politics. but the hacker violated several laws and should receive a lengthy jail sentence.
Why aren't people demanding something else? Like a little more security put in place to protect from this kind of stuff happening. Why was it so easy to break into her email account? It seems all that was needed to reset her password was the answer to few questions that were easily found by a few Google searches. Do you really consider your email account private if all you have to do is answer a few very common and simple questions to reset your password?
Where is the outrage when an unprotected wireless network exposes millions or records of customer data? Where is the outrage when unprotected laptops are stolen and people's credit is destroyed?
Where is the outrage when our phone calls and email are subject eavesdropping by our own government?
Did you really think your Yahoo! email account was secure in the first place?
Seems to me that people are all to eager to throw a college student in prison, but I don't hear anyone asking questions about the security in place that should have prevented the breach.
Have an opinion? Feel free to weigh in . . .
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