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I have never heard of anything like this before. Seems wild. Reminds me of the way Mitnick was treated, thinking he was some sort of nuclear threat with his hac

I have never heard of anything like this before. Seems wild. Reminds me of the way Mitnick was treated, thinking he was some sort of nuclear threat with his hacking skills.

erkt 3y ago
In the US, they tried to give Aaron Swartz 35 years and he wasn’t extorting anyone for money. The time these charges carry is excessive and cruel.
- WhackyIdeas 3y ago
  It’s a crime what they put Aaron through.
Twirrim 3y ago
It goes way, way beyond just leaking GTA6. He hacked, got arrested and charged with hacking and had devices taken away, then promptly turned around and hacked committing the GTA6 crime, while his devices were confiscated. He's carried out numerous hacks of crypto currency wallets, and then to top it all off has repeatedly stalked and harassed women, using social engineering and hacking skills to get at the necessary details to carry out that. He's demonstrated repeatedly that he is both dangerous and determined not to stop. It's important to note: this is not a life sentence. It's a section 37/41. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/courts-and-mental-health/section-37-41/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/cou... > A section 37/41 lasts until you are discharged by the Mental Health Tribunal or by your responsible clinician. If your responsible clinician thinks you should be discharged, they will need to get permission from the Ministry of Justice.
- beeboobaa 3y ago
  An 18 year old boy with autism who got the scary label of "dangerous hacker"? It might as well be life.
  - Twirrim 3y ago
    You think someone who among a repeated pattern of hacking, also deliberately hacks to harass and stalk people doesn't count as dangerous, somehow? Instead of throwing him behind bars, they've put him in a place where he can get the dedicated psychiatric help he needs, and will be released once he's had it. Yet somehow that was the wrong thing to do?
    - mrangle 3y ago
      He won't be released. He'll be tortured and restrained with pharmacy, with no end. In fact, his autism should preclude him from a sentence in prison or a mental institution. As both of these settings will be much more stressful than they would be for anyone else. Italicizing doesn't give more weight to your attempted point. We need to know the details on the harassing and stalking before society would agree that an open ended sentence to a mental institution is fair. In spite of italicizing. Was he physically "stalking" people or sending snippy emails to people who he thinks bother him? Social judgement of this situation needs to transcend potential abuse of language.
      - sdwr 3y ago
        https://youtu.be/D04wb7P_v-4?si=ZRfn8V1brJHOeBhC https://youtu.be/D04wb7P_v-4?si=ZRfn8V1brJHOeBhC

I have never heard of anything like this before. Seems wild. Reminds me of the way Mitnick was treated, thinking he was some sort of nuclear threat with his hacking skills.

erkt 3y ago

In the US, they tried to give Aaron Swartz 35 years and he wasn’t extorting anyone for money. The time these charges carry is excessive and cruel.

WhackyIdeas 3y ago
It’s a crime what they put Aaron through.

Twirrim 3y ago

It goes way, way beyond just leaking GTA6. He hacked, got arrested and charged with hacking and had devices taken away, then promptly turned around and hacked committing the GTA6 crime, while his devices were confiscated. He's carried out numerous hacks of crypto currency wallets, and then to top it all off has repeatedly stalked and harassed women, using social engineering and hacking skills to get at the necessary details to carry out that. He's demonstrated repeatedly that he is both dangerous and determined not to stop. It's important to note: this is not a life sentence. It's a section 37/41. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/courts-and-mental-health/section-37-41/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/cou... > A section 37/41 lasts until you are discharged by the Mental Health Tribunal or by your responsible clinician. If your responsible clinician thinks you should be discharged, they will need to get permission from the Ministry of Justice.

beeboobaa 3y ago
An 18 year old boy with autism who got the scary label of "dangerous hacker"? It might as well be life.
- Twirrim 3y ago
  You think someone who among a repeated pattern of hacking, also deliberately hacks to harass and stalk people doesn't count as dangerous, somehow? Instead of throwing him behind bars, they've put him in a place where he can get the dedicated psychiatric help he needs, and will be released once he's had it. Yet somehow that was the wrong thing to do?
  - mrangle 3y ago
    He won't be released. He'll be tortured and restrained with pharmacy, with no end. In fact, his autism should preclude him from a sentence in prison or a mental institution. As both of these settings will be much more stressful than they would be for anyone else. Italicizing doesn't give more weight to your attempted point. We need to know the details on the harassing and stalking before society would agree that an open ended sentence to a mental institution is fair. In spite of italicizing. Was he physically "stalking" people or sending snippy emails to people who he thinks bother him? Social judgement of this situation needs to transcend potential abuse of language.
    - sdwr 3y ago
      https://youtu.be/D04wb7P_v-4?si=ZRfn8V1brJHOeBhC https://youtu.be/D04wb7P_v-4?si=ZRfn8V1brJHOeBhC