Stealing my identity and buying a mansion... thus ruining my life into permenant bankrupcy as well as my family... yeah, you can go and have that done to you while the identity thief gets a slap on the wrist. For ruining my entire family's lives, I'd sure as hell want to see them executed.
It gives you a few rather hard years while you prove to everyone involved it wasn't you who purchased the mansion, but I doubt it ruins your life. 15-20 years in prison should be enough to pay for that.
I'm sure many of Madoff's investors would disagree.
While my original comment was somewhat tongue-in-cheek I think this game between the virus writers and anti-virus writers is far more serious than most people realize.
Having your identity stolen and your credit rating ruined can be a life changing event. Lawsuits and even jail time for you are possibilities.
These days, having you computer hacked into, damaged, or data deleted can the be the equivalent of someone breaking into your home and destroying things
Gosh that takes me back... or is it forward? That's the trouble with
time travel, you never can tell."
-- Doctor Who, "Androids of Tara"
Should Be Shot (Score:3, Insightful)
Malware and Virus authors should be lined up against a wall and shot. They are cancers and need to be irradiated.
Re:Should Be Shot (Score:2)
Only if the malware directly caused loss of life, or raped some kids or something, would I even consider such a punishment fair.
No, messing up your PC, making your admin job harder, or even stealing your identity and buying a mansion in your name should not be a capital crime.
Re: (Score:2)
Stealing my identity and buying a mansion... thus ruining my life into permenant bankrupcy as well as my family... yeah, you can go and have that done to you while the identity thief gets a slap on the wrist. For ruining my entire family's lives, I'd sure as hell want to see them executed.
It gives you a few rather hard years while you prove to everyone involved it wasn't you who purchased the mansion, but I doubt it ruins your life. 15-20 years in prison should be enough to pay for that.
Re: (Score:2)
I'm sure many of Madoff's investors would disagree.
While my original comment was somewhat tongue-in-cheek I think this game between the virus writers and anti-virus writers is far more serious than most people realize.
Having your identity stolen and your credit rating ruined can be a life changing event. Lawsuits and even jail time for you are possibilities.
These days, having you computer hacked into, damaged, or data deleted can the be the equivalent of someone breaking into your home and destroying things