Community weekly poll: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators?
- 9/13/05 4:14 PM
Punishment for Virus Makers
by RDouglass1 - 11/25/05 1:24 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
At least 100 years, with ABSOLUTELY NO ACCESS to a COMPUTER for the rest of their life.
Virus Writers Punishment
by FLATFOOT - 11/25/05 1:28 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
When convicted, chop off the first knuckle of the index fingers, without the aid of an anastetic. If conivicted again, proceed to the next finger. If they still don't get the message proceed to the next fingers. Should all the first knuckles fail to abort the behavior, proceed to the next knuckles. In all cases, Monty Hall should be barred from the court proceedings. No ''Lets'' Make a Deal''.
punishment for creating virii
by fvillha - 11/25/05 1:34 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
Personally I don't always believe in the 'cruel and unusual punishments' clause... if you write a virus that damages a significant number of computers and get caught.. and are proven to be guilty with no doubt..
then I suggest removal of each finger with bolt cutters.. if a particularly nasty bug (lop.com, melissa, nimda, et al) then one joint of each finger at a time... no fingers = no writing of virii
and if you're stupid enough to dictate another one then other appendages will be removed...
cruel? yep
unusual? yep
effective? let's find out...
Suggest
by shayal - 11/25/05 3:06 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
some of these people may be brilliant.
So, we can take them and force them to work for our benefit instead the years they may be put in prison.
Thus, we will use them instead of throwing brilliants in prison.
Regards
Jail time!
by rdofnc - 11/25/05 3:42 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
I come down whole-heartedly on the side of jail-time, but it does raise some interesting questions. For example, we typically treat property crimes as felonies or misdameanors depending on the amount of the loss and other factors. How do we quantify the damage done by the virus writers? And who is actually more guilty...the person who writes the code, or the person who flings it to the far corners of the web? Do we hold accountable those who use no anti-virus meaures and thus assist in the spread of such nefarious things?
Penalty for virus creators
by fxrisk - 11/25/05 4:07 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
While I do believe that a prison sentence should be a part of this equation, I also beleive that the punishment should be greater since it is ressentially a crime against society in general.
Similar to a repeated drunk driver, I beleive that their priviledges to a computer should also be taken away even after their prison sentence.
The tricky part is trying to decide what length of time, this additional punishment should be. In addition, there should be an "explicit" order stipulating permanent banishment should he not comply or should he/she even mentor others about this crime.
OTHER
by sanperyaq - 11/25/05 4:29 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
No use of technology for 10 years ore more!!!!!
Cost of damage
by abanwart - 11/25/05 5:09 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
I don't want to support them in prison. I suggest a fine equal to the cost created by the virus. It couldn't be exact, but law enforcement costs, trial costs, know damage (time, etc.) to users. If they can't afford to pay the cost (easily $100,000s)make them endentured servants until they have worked off the cost. Their contract could be sold to anyone in the world.
Other punishment - community service
by red_eternal - 11/25/05 5:13 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
I believe that if the police or authorities catch someone who makes a virus they should recieve a punishment based on the damage of the virus. A virus maker should recieve a punishment of community service equal to the length of time it takes to remove the virus from a non-technical user multiplied by the average amount of people infected by the virus. So if norton estimates that 1 million computers were infected by a trojan horse and it takes about 2 hrs to remove the infection than the virus writer should have 2 MILLION HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. And if anyone thinks that's harsh than they haven't worked in an IT department and had to clean an entire office of computers from a simple virus. It is sooo time consuming and annoying to clean a virus from a computer and I think a virus makers should feel the pain and frustration of what they have caused with a few hours of scripting.
How much misery ?
by Ukexpat - 11/25/05 5:24 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
How do you calculate how much misery and emotional and financial loss these ******** create ?
Bring back the Stocks, chain the miscreants down in public and let the Mob have at them.
Televise the whole process as a warning to others. Now there's a reality show!!
More punishment
by WilliamKazak - 11/25/05 7:21 AM In reply to: How much misery ? by UkexpatPull out their scrotums on TV!
Virus creators - Publicly Stoned
by rongordon - 11/25/05 5:30 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
Each person infected should be allowed to stone the individual(s) responsible.
Virus Inventors
by SteveC75 - 11/25/05 5:42 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
I feel that virus inventors when found should face a long prison term, a hefty fine,and the heavest would be
to Ban them from using a Pc for the rest of their life.
The last would be the hardest for them to take.
Prison
by W N W - 11/25/05 6:27 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
They should be sent to prison for exactly twice the number of minutes the virus caused problems with someone else's machine. And they should be forced to make reparations in the exact amount their clever little tricks cost thier victims.
Virus Creators
by willychichi - 11/25/05 6:43 AM In reply to: What punishment should be handed down to virus creators? by Marc Bennett
First offence,90 days in jail with an occational beating.
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