People Who Write Viruses Should Be Jailed
If there was no one writing the virus then there would be no anti-virus software and the risks of using your computer would be considerably lower than there are now. Most people (in my opinion) who create and launch viruses are people who absolutely have "0" friends and they are most likely the guys who were picked on in school for being smarter than everyone else, so they take revenge by creating a program that destroys computer files and shuts down may businesses and for what.... Nothing.... There is nothing to be gained from wring a virus, the only reason you would right is virus is to harm others either by stealing their personal information or by shutting down critical and non-critical businesses and websites and there is no reason to do such things. The people who create viruses should focus on programs that would actually benefit people instead of harming them. Instead of wring a program that steals people's information, why not write a program that helps secure people's information from malicious attacks..?
The people who write these viruses make me sick because there is so much hate and anger out there why would you want to create more..? The laws should be stricter for people who write these types of programs, but it is extremely hard to catch most of these people since a lot of people who create viruses, worms and Trojans are in other countries that do not have the same laws as us or apparently just don't care if their citizens are creating these malicious programs to be distributed throughout the world. The law should be that anyone caught creating one of these virus programs should have to be forced to work at a virus protection firm such as Symantec or Macafee... That would be the best solution, to help stop people like them from creating these programs. Nowadays companies have hackers that work for them to test the company's networks so why shouldn't virus creators work for virus protection companies. I would rater be paid to write a program that stops a virus rather than spend time in jail for writing a virus!
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I am not stating that just because to you've created the virus you should go to jail. I am merely stating that those who create such programs for a malicious use or that distributes these programs to the general population without the concern that someone might use their creation for the wrong purposes should be jailed. The programmers who create these viruses for testing the security of their own applications or for the testing of an application's security for a company that hired them to do so, is legitimate and should be done. Use this example: If a parent owns a gun and the child finds that gun and shoots themselves, should the parent not be jailed? It's the same situation, if someone creates said virus and someone else uses it with harmful intent then both parties should have legal action taken upon them. I am not implying that the right to bear arms should be banned.
I'm only stating that ALL responsible parties get what they deserve when they have created harm either directly or indirectly. I believe if you create something that is potentially harmful and knowingly give it away to everyone who wants it qualified or not, then you should be punished for your contribution to the harm that was done. That's why guns have laws put on them prohibiting some people from access for guns such as known felons. If I created a virus and gave it to your child and they then launched it and it infects hundreds of computers possibly thousands of computers worldwide before it's stopped causing untold amounts of damage. Wouldn't you want me to go to jail for creating the virus? I didn't use it I only created it, but you'd still want me to go to jail instead of your child and that's the point I'm trying to make.
Your line of reasoning is dangerous as well at another point. Because a murderer uses a handgun in the commission of a crime does that mean that law abiding citizens should be deprived of the right to own a firearm for the purpose of defending themselves? If so then you have already started down the path to the world Orwell painted of a dystopian police state in which only those seeking to oppress wield the force of arms. Intent is an essential part of our justice system, just because someone creates something that can be used destructively does not imply that the original intent was such. Viruses and other potentially destructive or harmful programs are very useful in the fields of computer research and security.
Your view is narrow and ill-informed. One of the best ways to validate the security of a given system is to seek to circumvent it. Viruses do just that, they seek to circumvent faulty security. The blame for the problem of viruses lays squarely at the feet of software developers who will not fix problems in a timely manner. I am a software programmer and I take defects in my work very seriously and even personally, but unfortunately there aren't enough programmers out there who do the same and truly take ownership of their creations. The problem lies not with those who seek to expose the problems inherent in computer systems but rather with those who refuse to fix these problems when they are made known.