Five Years in Prison for "hacker"?
 

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.

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

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

Free Kevin Mitnick!

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

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.

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

Crazy, yeah, the guy is a real threat.

Wifey must be a real winner as well.

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

What a waste of time and money.

JR

Another prosecutor run amuck.

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

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.

"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.

"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? :rolleyes:

Les

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

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

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...

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

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

Bingo.

I agree it does seem like a very heavy handed reaction to the issue - although I suspect he would not get 5 yrs unless it's mandatory (out of the judges hands).

More like the judge will say "Have you learnt a lesson here" and put him on good behaviour bond and probation = don't do it again.

What other avenues are there for invasion of privacy in the USA?

Because she did not work for him. You have zero rights to snoop on the emails of fellow employees at work. The rights for an employer at work come from their ownership of the equipment being used and the conditions of use - in many cases they are conditions of employment.

I have to say that the more is found out about her background it sounds like he will be well off rid of her.

What's the expectation of privacy in a marriage???

Where was this judge when that punk hacked Gov. Palin's email??

operating within his Jd.

isn't he the owner of his home computer?

She must be Natalie Portman, I hear she is irresistible to men, maybe woman too.