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posted by takyon on Monday April 13 2015, @08:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the hackers-on-gatorade dept.

Russia Today America reports:

A 14-year-old middle school student is facing felony computer hacking charges after he admitted to accessing a teacher's computer during class without permission. If that wasn't bad enough, he then displayed an image of two men kissing.

Domanik Green, an eighth grader at Paul R. Smith Middle School in Holiday, Florida, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with an offense against a computer system and unauthorized access: a third-degree felony under Florida state law.

[...] The school had distributed a single password for all teachers to use, approximately two years ago. One educator had shared it with a student, who soon let his classmates in on the secret.

The Tampa Bay Times notes:

Green, interviewed at home, said students would often log into the administrative account to screen-share with their friends. They'd use the school computers' cameras to see each other, he said.

Green had previously received a three-day suspension for accessing the system inappropriately. Other students also got in trouble at the time, he said. It was a well-known trick, Green said, because the password was easy to remember: a teacher's last name. He said he discovered it by watching the teacher type it in.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2015, @08:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2015, @08:03PM (#169949)

    Looks to me like GP read GGP's post; he just disagreed. And comparing a 14 y/o with a 3 m/o is simply bullshit. Enough bullshit as to diminish any credidibily the rest of that post may have had to offer.

    If you and GGP think a 14 y/o and his parents are incapable of understanding "what you did was very bad, and the next time you do it you will be charged with a crime" then you two need to "please try again".

    I'm not saying this kid should be charged with a felony, or even prosecuted for a misdemeanor, but to say "a 14 y/o kid is incapable of understanding a previous warning that also resulted in a suspension" is just making excuses for him.

  • (Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Tuesday April 14 2015, @10:48PM

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Tuesday April 14 2015, @10:48PM (#170608) Journal

    the post included a link to scientific research that demonstrates that teenage kids have not yet developed the wetware to properly grasp the consequences of their actions. Where's the citation for your assertions?

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 15 2015, @06:29AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 15 2015, @06:29AM (#170797)

      Maybe the other AC doesn't have a well connected/developed enough brain to get the point ;)

      Yes teenagers can understand some consequences, but not as well. And often at the spur of the moment - the perceived fun overrides/drowns out all other consequences.

      Happens to adults too but for practical reasons we have to draw the line somewhere.

      However I do find it weird that in many/most countries there are many lines - "legal adult", age of consent, drinking, driving, military enlistment and voting ages are different ;).

      Might be good to have more of the ages the same and have some fancy ceremony where the kids are told they are now an adult (esp the young guys - you are now a man, congratulations, behave like one). Seems to work for tribes.

      Maybe the rite of passage would be to walk down an aisle full of tempting/cool stuff (and maybe hot guys/girls) and make it to the end without taking, destroying, or even touching anything, except maybe picking up any litter on the floor, keeping it and putting it in the garbage can at the end.

      If you can't do it, you're not legally an adult - you don't get the responsibilities/liabilities, but you don't get the privileges either (adults fucking you will be charged for rape ;) ).