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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Jerry Gamblin wrote:
But what is the legal principle here? If the kid is trying to attack
his school's computer, and he has a way of doing it, and the school
claims that it was partly successful (they may be wrong), are we
supposed to let him off the hook because of his weak technical skills?
I suppose if we apprehended terrorists working on a nuclear bomb, and a
technical expert reviewed their work and concluded that their plans
were rather poor and could never have resulted in a working H bomb, we
should let them go and apologize for inconveniencing them.
Well if you want to be hyperbole about it I guess you could charge any
kid who sprays you with a water gun with attempted murder because they
could have caused you to drown.
If he was attempting to kill me, then maybe it would be reasonable. I'm
not using terrorists as "hyperbole" it's about the logic of it and the
legal principles. The boy was trying to use a DoS attack to disrupt his
school's computer services.
I think the kid should be punished but charging someone with a felony
for this is beyond ridiculous.
Is there another law you could use instead? Or are you saying that the
laws need to be changed?
Mike
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