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Should computer virus writers go to jail? Let's think a few minutes before we rush into answering this question. Should Consumer Report tester go to jail for finding out desi...read more
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by Cat Shomo
Our legal system needs to be reformed. American jails are filled with people who have commited non-violent crimes and tax payers are taking care of their living expenses. Law ...read more
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This question is simply absurd! The University of Calgary offers a computer course where students learn how to create computer viruses. Are you suggesting we send every studen...read more
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by Ravi M S
Naah. They shouldn't. It is the software provider who 'supports' viruses who have to go to jail. There are debates that argue that the most popular Operating system that there i...read more
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by Gerhard Adam
While I can appreciate the sentiment when someone has to deal with the frustrations associated with a system that has been compromised, the reality is that many supposed "hacker...read more
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Should gun manufacturers go to jail? After all, the things they build are used to commit crimes. What about breweries and distillers? People who drink alcohol drive while intoxi...read more
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by Chris Loyd
The question of computer virus writers going to jail is a closed case before its opened. It would be an impossibility to send the writers to jail when they are just writing the ...read more
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by Leigh Goessl
Virus writers should be sentenced to jail because they cause harm and damage the property of others. Viruses are a problem which extends beyond infecting one person because the ...read more
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Should Computer Virus Writers go to Jail? In order to answer this question it needs to be defined more specifically. Simply writing a virus should not constitute a crime jus...read more
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This is indeed a very debatable subject, but ultimately nowadays, the answer should in fact be leaning more towards sentencing these people. Let me explain why... The very fi...read more
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by R Shimoda
In my opinion this is a "no brainer" and creeps who do this, should be prosecuted to the extent of the law and then some. Those who feel the death penalty is too severe should ...read more
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by Matt Remley
With the advance of technology the past 20 years or so, computers have become a part of our daily life. Even if you choose to ignore it, with the advancement of technology new t...read more
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by Linda Smith
Yes. And I say again Yes! The title question implies that the virus writer was identified and caught or apprehended. It also implies that the virus was let loose upon the worl...read more
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by Dortha King
Yes, virus writers, when found should be prosecuted as swiftly as possible, and family assets as well as the writers' should be used to force the payment of restitution. It is ...read more
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by Keen Johns
Although virus authors are not strictly thieves, they are entering with intent to seriously disrupt the software and in some cases the hardware aspects of the computer system. ...read more
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Yes, often these writers, when they are apprehended pay fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars and end up working for a computer software firm doing security. There have bee...read more
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The issue as to whether the writers of computer viruses should go to jail is really as simple as the discussion as to whether computer viruses are really a serious crime. While ...read more
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Those of us who use the computer, either for personal use, work or other know how horrible it is to find out your computer has a virus. Even if you don't lose your entire hard ...read more
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by Brad F.
Of course they should go to jail. It doesn't matter if one person wrote the virus and then someone else launches onto the Internet, if that someone wouldn't have made the virus ...read more
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by James Taylor
Why is there even any consideration for the No side? What possible excuse can ever be written? To write a virus, for the most part is a complete technical challenge. It's about ...read more
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by Sajid Naseer
Computer virus is written by a computer programmer. Although a computer virus is a program but it is a kind of malicious software that can do a lot more harm than one can imagin...read more
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by James Moon
THE REASON Criminals go to jail because they have wronged others, and laws are in place to help everyone lead a good and productive life. All a virus does is make these things,...read more
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by Daniel Reyes
Computer virus writers should go to jail, that is if you can catch them. Since different viruses deal different levels of damage, the sentence that is given to the virus writer ...read more
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Virus writers, Spammers, and Scammers, should all go to jail. Our society is based on people following the rules, even when the authorities are not looking over their shoulde...read more
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How many different viruses live in your computer as you read this? What are they doing with or to your system? Are you the only one using your e-mail outbox? All these are ...read more
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The question of whether, or not a computer virus writer should go to jail is indeed not a difficult decision. We base most of our laws on whether, or not an individual is harmed...read more
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by Ian Loft
There are two main types of computer virus and they are the unintentional, which sometimes occur by conflicting protocols and macros, and the malicious that are deliberately wri...read more
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