December 22, 200817 yr The FBI has a lot to gain by jailing hackers who posses state secrets. Locking up people who have superior technological skills along with 60-IQ street muggers, con artists and murderers has absolutely no benefits for the government. They have much more to gain by utilizing their skills for foreign espionage, patching agency firewalls, improving encryption algorithms, etc. The kid in this article wasn't really some super-hacker, but real hackers capable of constantly creating new security exploits swiftly are impossible to find on the 'open market'. They can't be trained in masses by an university. They either do it out of curiosity, to gain excitement, or pure financial profit, and are often self taught. If the federal gov. can get legal authority to get one of the people they were chasing to work for them, they've literally hit the jackpot in the form of being able to protect their intellectual assets, computers, confidential files, etc.. Through him. (In this case I don't think the FBI has anything to gain from him, since he really just used basic backdoors and doesn't have *that* special skills, the thread is really about the severity of his punishment)
December 22, 200817 yr with a good lawyer he wont get that much time. if genocide only gets 20 years, the lawyer only has to play that out to the jury and the kid will be fine.
December 22, 200817 yr Did he not think a teacher would notice if all of a sudden he had straight A's? Never understood the rationale behind grade changing, unless the teacher doesn't know your name. At the same time, there's no way you can justify his possible sentence just by saying it's setting an example for others.
December 22, 200817 yr Did he not think a teacher would notice if all of a sudden he had straight A's? Never understood the rationale behind grade changing, unless the teacher doesn't know your name. At the same time, there's no way you can justify his possible sentence just by saying it's setting an example for others. Your right. I know a lot of people think they deserve the sentence, but seriously, 38 years in prison? Personally I think they should go with the same punishment that one guy in my school recieved when I was a freshman, but all he did was disable the internet and remtoely shut down all the computers at once, not real hacking but whatever...... Expulsion. Plain and simple. Let the kid actually live his life while he is young instead of rotting in jail for 38 years and then try to start back on life and make a living.
December 22, 200817 yr I find it funny that we have drug users going to overcrowded jails instead of rehab places, high Government officials getting light sentencing, and your small time criminals getting the greatest kick in the behind. :lol: Government bureaucracy is fun.
December 22, 200817 yr I would disagree, he attempted to cheat the other kids by doing absolutely no work yet getting into a great college. He deserves to suffer for his crimes, which adds up to 38 years. Now, after the prosecution decides to lessen the load on that it will probably end up being about 15 years, which I think is fair. Merry Christmas,have fun in jail Omar. As for the people comparing this to the genocide, the UN war crimes... He was the brother of the president, the UN crimes board isn't really going to push for a decision that might anger the country. As I said in my post, I have no sympathy for the kid. I agree with you that he deserves to suffer for his crimes. My point was that 38 years just seems excessive. I was surprised by the number, that's all. I agree with you that he has to pay for what he did. What if the other kids knew what Omar was doing and asked to switch a couple of their grades. They should get punished too, but the law enforcers wouldn't know for sure if they did. As for serving his time, I agree with you. He should do his time, but 38 years, come on...doesn't that seem a little overboard? He didn't hurt anyone physically, and the report sounds like he didnt vandalise/harm anything and it's not like he killed or held anyone at gun point.
December 22, 200817 yr 38 years is really crap. I mean c'mon, hacking into the military defence system would warrant 38 years in jail, but changing grades? What the hell #-o 2257AD.TUMBLR.COM
December 22, 200817 yr If I ever have a problem with the grades I receive i'm definately going with the gun to the teachers head solution.
December 22, 200817 yr Even though I dont like the decision, I can see the jail conversation: "Why are you in jail." "Captal murder, you?" "I broke into a computer and changed my grades." "Turn around and bend over, kid." Sorry if anyone gets offended or anything by the last post :lol: :o :shock:
December 22, 200817 yr Even though I dont like the decision, I can see the jail conversation: "Why are you in jail." "Captal murder, you?" "I broke into a computer and changed my grades." "Turn around and bend over, kid." Sorry if anyone gets offended or anything by the last post :lol: :o :shock: You can't be offended if it's the truth.
December 22, 200817 yr Even though I dont like the decision, I can see the jail conversation: "Why are you in jail." "Captal murder, you?" "I broke into a computer and changed my grades." "Turn around and bend over, kid." Sorry if anyone gets offended or anything by the last post :lol: :o :shock: You can't be offended if it's the truth. It kinda really is. I hope i never end up in jail, me being 6'1" 125lbs wont do quite well lmfao :shock:
December 23, 200817 yr Even though I dont like the decision, I can see the jail conversation: "Why are you in jail." "Captal murder, you?" "I broke into a computer and changed my grades." "Turn around and bend over, kid." Sorry if anyone gets offended or anything by the last post :lol: :o :shock: You can't be offended if it's the truth. You gotta point, however he'll most likely end up in a minimal security prison, where as murderers would end up in a maximum security prison. But seeing as a trojan basically killed my pc, I hope the kid, and all hackers get the chair. So, it goes without saying that I feel no sympathy for the kid. If you choose your beliefs/lifestyle simply based on what your parents want, then you are a weak minded individual and are not even worthy of calling yourself a person.
December 23, 200817 yr He won't get 38 years. He will find it extremely difficult to get a decent job though (and probably impossible to get into University)
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