I do think there should be a penalty assessed when you get hacked and it is because you have a weak password. Imagine how many IT headaches that would solve.
I think the moral of the story is that if you are going to do something that is illegal...make sure you use a strong passwords and a good encryption scheme....or at least one good enough to stop a teenager ;-) Eric -----Original Message----- From: Medic [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 9:36 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Palin email hacking case - guilty! Well, kind of. You could say the lid on the mailbox is akin to a weak password on your email. However it's kind of a moot point. The common argument here, and one which you seem to be parroting is the "don't be surprised if..." argument. This I think loses the plot a bit here as I don't think anyone is arguing about being surprised about the email getting hacked with a weak-ass challenge response. However whether a turn of events is surprising or unexpected doesn't make the crime any more or less a crime. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > That's even a bad analogy. The mail box isn't locked and cant be (or how > else does mail get in), while your email is supposed to be secured. If you > want to stick to the snail mail analogy, then maybe a PO box and you leave > your key hanging on the box at the post office. But again, if you don't > secure thing and you leave it wide open, don't be surprised when someone > comes it. Not leaving it secured is akin to putting a neon sign over it > and > saying come on in...especially if you are a public figure. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Medic [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 5:54 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Palin email hacking case - guilty! > > > I don't really think comparing it to breaking into a house is a very good > analogy. I think it's probably more accurate to equate it to taking mail > out > of someone's mail box. I believe this is a felony. And if someone did it > you > would blame the victim by saying "well the mailbox wasn't even locked." > > I think it sucks that some kid who guesses a password gets time, but it's a > crime and a massive, premeditated invasion of privacy. We need to protect > that privacy, especially now as we're losing more and more of it. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
