Five Years in Prison for "hacker"?

[RWebb]

Husband’s E-mail Snooping May Lead to Five Years in Prison - Computerworld

1. shared computer
2. passwords easily accessible in a book next to the computer
3. it was his wife
4. apparently took place in their home

I doubt he gets 5 yrs., but you have to wonder about the prosecutor.

[Mothy]

To each point I'd say 'so what' - it still did not give him the right to do what he did.

[BeyGon]

I hope the guy got a worthwhile lawyer, not some rollover.

[WolfeMacleod]

Free Kevin Mitnick!

[Grog]

A business has a right to snoop your email and fire you for content, why don't you have the same rights at home?

[onewhippedpuppy]

If the email was supposed to be so private, why did the wife share passwords? If he'd opened a letter addressed to her in the mailbox, would he also be facing charges?

I'm glad all of the other crime is in hand, so law enforcement can focus on stupid $h!t like this. Nice that his wife is cheating on him, but he's the ass.

[legion]

Does one reasonably have the right to privacy inside a marriage? I don't think that would hold up to any kind of scrutiny.

[widgeon13]

Crazy, yeah, the guy is a real threat.

Wifey must be a real winner as well.

[javadog]

Nothing like trying to hang a guy using a law intended for something else completely.

What a waste of time and money.

JR

[David]

Another prosecutor run amuck.

[legion]

Originally Posted by javadog

Nothing like trying to hang a guy using a law intended for something else completely.

What a waste of time and money.

JR

Yep, just like prosecuting teenagers with naughty pictures of themselves under child porn laws.

[ossiblue]

Originally Posted by David

Another prosecutor run amuck.

Agreed. Regardless of the issue of privacy in a marriage, which is the real debate here, prosecuting under the guise of anti-hacking laws is beyond the pale, IMO.

[TechnoViking]

"Add to the mix the fact that Walker's wife, Clara, was allegedly having an affair with her second ex-husband, who had been arrested earlier for beating her in front of her young son, who was born from her first husband. "

I'd be willing to bet bet the psycho-b!tch-from-hell is manipulating the system any way she can and that's where this action is originating.

[oldE]

"Add to the mix the fact that Walker's wife, Clara, was allegedly having an affair with her second ex-husband, who had been arrested earlier for beating her in front of her young son, who was born from her first husband. "


For God sake, put the fool in jail for his own protection.

In what world would marrying this woman be a good decision?

Les

[Hugh R]

Stoopid. That's the best use of the prosecutor's time?

[Head416]

Isn't the usual place for settling this type of grievance the Jerry Springer show?

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by Mothy

To each point I'd say 'so what' - it still did not give him the right to do what he did.

True, but should his wife be able to sue him in court (thereby involving the govt.) in a civil action?

should his act be criminalized?

and if so, what should the sanction be for the guilty Email snooper? 5 years in prison???


one thing for sure, he is going to be out a lot of money since he has to hire a lawyer to defend himself. I hope he has a nice thick stack of $10,000 bills so he can just keep peeling them off the top...

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by javadog

Nothing like trying to hang a guy using a law intended for something else completely.

What a waste of time and money.

JR

My feelings exactly. Its his wife, she left her passwords out for anyone in the household to see. End of case!

[RWebb]

it hit the nat'l news, so they may start digging into the background of the prosecutor

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Head416

Isn't the usual place for settling this type of grievance the Jerry Springer show?

Bingo.