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This argument seems to come up from people who want to be able to hack into things and not really get punished for it. Should people who hot wire cars be employ

This argument seems to come up from people who want to be able to hack into things and not really get punished for it. Should people who hot wire cars be employed by the government for auto mechanic work? People who burglar homes be employed as home security consultants? There's an argument that can be made for reducing sentences, especially for children. Breaking the law but in a certain category shouldn't give some people a job and some people prison.

dicknuckle 5y ago
In the real world, breaking the law in any number of categories can lead to community service or other "jobs" within the prison system. It really doesn't take much skill to break into a car or a house. Anyone can learn how to do it within an afternoon and anyone can learn to protect from it within a few afternoons without learning how to break in. Gaining access to digital systems requires a wide range of skill sets and at least a subset of those are generally required to learn how to protect from it properly.