Developer gets 4 years for activating network "kill switch" to avenge his firing

Re:Developer gets 4 years for activating network "kill switc... by praptak on Saturday August 23, 2025 @01:34AM (#44993475)

I don't buy this equivalence of financial damage to a person with financial damage to a business.

If I had a business its finances would be separate from my personal finance using limited liability, so even if someone destroyed 100% of its value, it would only be no return on investment for me - sad and bad but totally not equivalent to losing all my personal money.

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Re:Developer gets 4 years for activating network "kill switc... by cowthulhu on Saturday August 23, 2025 @01:48AM (#44993543)

What about the employees you had to let go to cover the shortfall? No damages there either?

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Re:Developer gets 4 years for activating network "kill switc... by praptak on Saturday August 23, 2025 @02:06AM (#44993637)

Same category - bad but not enough to warrant four years jail time. Unless you are prepared to argue four years in jail for unlawful termination.

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Re:Developer gets 4 years for activating network "kill switc... by cowthulhu on Saturday August 23, 2025 @03:30AM (#44994051)

Well, I know whose company I’ll be defrauding!

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Re:Developer gets 4 years for activating network "kill switc... by rank0 on Saturday August 23, 2025 @02:42PM (#44998094)

And I don’t buy this as a serious well thought out argument. If someone destroys your method of producing personal income they have indeed damaged your personal finances.

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