Re:“The AT&T Hacker” Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison
by smsm42 on Monday March 18, 2013 @04:21PM
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I don't know if it prevented him from going to jail, but I'm sure if he'd behave responsibly there would be no way he'd get 3 years. But then he'd not be him, and the whole matter would be different. The whole point here is that he is him, and if he'd get a slap on the wrist he'd probably just decide he's invincible and nobody could harm him and proceed to do more harmful things with a full sense of impunity.
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Re:“The AT&T Hacker” Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison
by DanBC on Monday March 18, 2013 @04:42PM
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There are some things he deserves serious punishment for. Some of the things he has done have affected other people directly.
So why do those behaviours escape punishment, while this thing gets a prison sentence?
Re:“The AT&T Hacker” Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison
by smsm42 on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @12:29AM
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Because our world is imperfect and justice not always finds the guilty. In this case, his karma finally caught up with him. He was guilty, he behaved like an ass and he got 3.5 years, even though if he didn't he probably would get much less. I can see EFFs point that 3.5 years is too much too, though I personally feel very little sympathy to Auernheimer. If he wises up, he'd be out in less than 2 years probably, if he doesn't, well...