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Feds seek public input on hacker sentencing
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-01-13

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?

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WTF?!? 2003-01-14
Kristi
Yes, "hacker" has been defined many times, but some people obviously didn't get the memo. A hacker would never go out and kill someone. The more correct term would be "cracker" and if he or she DID kill someone, then isn't that just plain murder? Who cares if they used the internet to choose the ...

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