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Hardball hacker thrown in the cooler for 46 months for guessing rival team's password

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Re: @moiety

I didn't say that at all. I said it seems a bit harsh, because it does. In your analogy, it would be more akin to me going out for the weekend and leaving the front door unlocked....or better yet a spare key under the rude gnome that everybody knew about...pretty sure you wouldn't pull 46 months in pokey for either one, unless you went on to burglarising the judge's house straight afterwards. And if I did leave the door unlocked or if it could be established that everybody knew about my spare key; that would be a consideration in the sentence.

The other thing I asked is what harm was done? In your analogy there would be clear harm in the form of missing and irreplaceable jewellery. In this case the guy snooped on the Astros -whoever the fuck they might be- files, but it has not been explained what harm was done and to whom.

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