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[Without knowing the full details of the case or proceedings] I don't see how putting this, clearly quite gifted, young person in jail for 8 months is going to
by tstonez 15y ago
[Without knowing the full details of the case or proceedings] I don't see how putting this, clearly quite gifted, young person in jail for 8 months is going to help him, Facebook or anyone else for that matter.
Surely, there must be other options except jail?! Maybe some form of community service where he would then be an asset rather than a cost to the general public. If he can infiltrate Facebook, I am sure there are government sites and systems with much more sensitive information that he could be testing and identifying security threats.
Eight months hard time, plus the stigma of a criminal record, just seem like such a waste.
- veyron 15y agoHe may have found a security hole so disastrous and so ingrained that its easier to jail the kid than to fix the problem.
- troels 15y agoWell, that's true of incarceration in general.
- unreal37 15y agoThe article states that the judge clearly wanted to send a message to other hackers that this type of hacking is not "just fun". To give him a job as a professional security consultant would send the opposite message. Reminds me of the movie War Games.