Is hacking really a crime? If your computer was secure, then the hacker could not hack. So.. who's fault is it?
The hacker's.
Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, Czechs Say
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#132Wether he ends up extradited or not is largely irrelevant. The US sent the message Russian hackers who are suspects of engaging in cyber warfare better not leave Russia. Russia is trying to counter it and assert its dominance in the region and the Czech Republic is in the uncomfortable middle.
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#133Dobry den. Don't forget to remove your binary from target.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
Anecdotally, my wife grew up in Prague and has said it is a favorite for Russian tourism, so it's probably fairly easy to enter the E.U. there.
Yup, Prague and especially Karlovy Vary are full of Russian tourists.
they are pretty much the majority of the people in karlovy vary.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Strange question. People are friends with Germany, no? Japan has good relationships with the US etc.
You do realise that in modern russia Stalin is considered a hero and praised? The actions of USSR in Prague are viewed in a positive light. If Germany was uniformly praising Hitler and building him monuments I somehow doubt Germany would have a lot of friends.
I've been living in the czech republic for almost two years now and I haven't seen more anti-communist people than here.
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#136Is hacking really a crime? If your computer was secure, then the hacker could not hack. So.. who's fault is it?
If it was a legitimate hack, a woman's computer has a way of shutting that down.
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just hate hypocrites...You did not answer my question either.
We know that you hate the US, that's fine. But that doesn't mean you can't be objective about your own country's history.
Where exactly did I say I hate US? Quite the opposite I love It. I hate politicians who make stupid decisions that ruin people's lives. And nobody talks about those ruined lives anymore because it's not popular. Why can't you be objective about your country history that killed hundred thousands of innocent people in Iraq, Kosovo conflict and those Guantanamo prisons?
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#138Isn't it wrong? A person that is not an US citizen, that has never been to US, will be extradited to USA and will probably be convicted to a 10 or 20 years in prison unless he can afford a lawyer that costs several hundreds dollars per hour (because you have to pay for a "fair" trial in USA) for doing the same things NSA does every day. Since when US courts have jurisdiction over other countries?
Obviously this person's rights for a fair trial are violated.
If he is a Russian citizen, shouldn't he be judged in Russia?
Or should we apply the same rules to American citizens? For example, everyone working is NSA or its contractors can probably be prosecuted for taking part in a conspiracy to break into computer systems and intercepting private communications. Should muslim countries arrest any US tourist that have earlier posted pictures with Allah in Facebook and extradite them to Iran for fair trial by Sharia law? And what about people who develop software to bypass Great Chinese Firewall? Should they be extradited to China? US wanted to get Julian Assange, should not China get its enemies too?
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
Add Sir Winston Churchill to the list. He is personally responsible for death of millions of Bengali people.
Still, nobody would compare Churchill (or Bush; see above) to Hitler or Stalin. This is because Hitler was not just responsible for the people killed in WWII. Hitler and Stalin also killed people because they wanted to get rid of personal enemies and because they actually wanted to do some form of ethnic cleansing.
Do you have any facts about Stalin doing "ethnic cleansing"? I thought he put people into Gulags no matter what ethnicity they were.
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#140Isn't it wrong? A person that is not an US citizen, that has never been to US, will be extradited to USA and will probably be convicted to a 10 or 20 years in prison unless he can afford a lawyer that costs several hundreds dollars per hour (because you have to pay for a "fair" trial in USA) for doing the same things NSA does every day. Since when US courts have jurisdiction over other countries? Obviously this perso…
By your logic prosecuting international computer crime wouldn't be possible. How do you expect that to work out in practice?
Also, he was arrested in the Czech Republic, not Russia. The Czech Republic has an extradition treaty with the US that existed long before the Internet did. This isn't rocket appliances, it's how our world's nation state system works. Sure, he probably shouldn't get 20 years and should receive competent legal representation. But to allow anyone to hack computer systems in the US because that person is not a US citizen and not in the US is borderline laughable.