UK Police Arrest Teen Over Call of Duty Hacking

[sluggyfreelancer]

Let's hope he is innocent.

Why is it nearly every post you make create a tide of people disagreeing with you? Do you say iffy things purposefully? Eh Pirate Kitty will be Pirate Kitty...

OToS? On CoD? Wow...reeeeally?

I can hardly be expected to foresee people raging over me hoping a man is innocent of a crime, now can I.

You should be used to it by now. Definitely if it involves piracy or something similar.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Let's hope he is innocent.

Why is it nearly every post you make create a tide of people disagreeing with you? Do you say iffy things purposefully? Eh Pirate Kitty will be Pirate Kitty...

OToS? On CoD? Wow...reeeeally?

I can hardly be expected to foresee people raging over me hoping a man is innocent of a crime, now can I.

Me, I'm hoping the cops caught the right guy; there's no disputing that the crime took place, and seeing that the facts in evidence (at least in the press, and to the satisfaction of the prosecutors and at least one judge) point to this guy I actually hope it is him so that someone else isn't getting away with it and that this guy isn't enduring a prosecution he doesn't deserve.

However, I'm willing to wait for a proper trial before making a final decision.

-- Steve

 

[Optimystic]

i wouldn't call a dos a hack or a cheat.. thats just forcing your opponents offline so your left with the lower skilled opposition

It also gives you a window between when they drop and the server removes their toon for you to get an easy kill. So he was probably racking up the murders vs. his mannequined opposition.

 

[Frankster]

Ip tracked down to the guys house, unless it's a sibling or a friend that's been hijacking the computer, looks likely they caught the right guy. Time for the courts to do their stuff.

 

[C95J]

He so deserves it...

Take that you little cheater D:<

Yeah I find this hilarious.

glad people are on the same page as me.

I hate online cheaters.

 

[Woodsey]

Why can't the police come bust down the door of my druggie neighbors instead of messing with some kid cheating at video games.

Probably because that's down to the drugs department and not the e-crime one, which dealt with this.

 

[SinisterGehe]

I hope he is guilty, and gets punished hard.
Am I immoral now? Am I allowed to have my opinion about him, without getting called immoral? Because, if he is guilty, then if you have accused me being a immoral when I was right all along, that makes you immoral for saying that I am immoral. But if he is innocent then Indeed I was immoral.

No, it doesn't. I cut out stupid since that has nothing to do with anything and by focusing on the moral, we could define your immorality as you hoping he gets punished hard, before knowing whether he's guilty or not. I will answer the questions you asked, cutting out the unrelated provocative ones. Yes, you are being immoral by the previous set definition. You're allowed to have an opinion, but if you express it, you have to face the fact that people might disagree and have every bit as much right as you do to express it.
And now to the good part, your logical fallacy. No matter the outcome, no matter if he's guilty or not, you're still immoral for wanting him to suffer before knowing for certain. It doesn't make a difference if you're right or wrong, and it certainly doesn't make him immoral for calling you immoral. That part makes no sense. If he's innocent it doesn't make you any more immoral than if he's guilty.

So, it is not illogical to assume everyone is innocent?

Nice to see you took the bait of moral here.
There is no such thing as Immoral, since everyone got their own definition of Right and Wrong. You just want to force your idea of right and wrong to my way of thinking. Your definition of when someone is guilty and when he is not, is different to me. How I see it; Everyone is guilty of something that should be punished. You (I am guessing here): Everyone is innocent, no matter what they have done, long as they evidence of it doesn't happen to pop-up. ?

 

[Extasii]

Glad to see someone is being arrested for being a dick. More people should be arrested for being dicks. Sure, the prisons will be overflowing with them, but the rest of the world would be so much better.

Overflowing isn't a big enough word for the number of people they'd put away.
The only way they'd have enough space for an operation like this is... damn, I really don't think there IS a place on Earth big enough for all the assholes.

 

[Electrogecko]

Let's hope he is innocent.

Do you mean you hope he didn't commit the crime or hope he's found innocent? Either way it doesn't really make sense.

If you hope he's found innocent then you'd have to believe he didn't commit the crime, and if he didn't commit the crime, these proceedings will have been an unjust waste of a lot of peoples time and he may still end up being found guilty.

You can say over and over as much as you want what most 4 year olds know, (innocent until proven guilty) but if we're being practical, you should hope he gets what he deserves, innocent or guilty. I would even go as far as to say you should hope he's guilty and found guilty, because it will mean that the UK police didn't completely eff this up and that Activision successfully removed the threat they located.

 

[C95J]

Let's hope he is innocent.

jeez why are people getting so angry over this post??

Of course if he is guilty then sure he deserves to get punished, but purposely wanting someone to get thrown in jail? A bit stupid don't you think?

I think what he means by this is saying he didn't do it in the first place, therefore shouldn't be put in jail, which means they are just trying to be a nice person, why are people getting so stressed over this it seems kind of silly when you think about it...

I hope he is innocent too.

 

[Sparrow]

Oh god, don't get her(him?) started please!

Don't worry, I've simply taken to ignoring he-she-whatever now. I shouldn't have baited him-her-it in the first place, really.

[sup]Seriously, I'm confused by the gender of about half the people on this site.[/sup]

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Yeah that software is readily available to anyone and everyone. It was all over /b/ when they were attacking Tumblr.

I wonder what an appropriate punishment would be.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

He didn't have a proxy? Seriously? Not a single proxy? He can DoS but he didn't have a proxy? Idiots like that are just asking to be caught...

This kid= Fail.

 

[RobCoxxy]

He should be marched out into the street and shot.

Im american. Im a pacifist. And every who knows me says im the nicest guy they know.
But anyone who ruins other peoples happy time ON PURPOSE shouldent have the right to live, let alone play a video game.

Im sorry if that comes off as mean, but im a bit old school on my feeling. A**holes should die, nice people should live, and everyone should know theyer place in the world. Mine is with the rest of the mindless drones at midlevel sales.

I call wanking "Happy time" if he'd been interrupting that, I'd kick the pervert in the nuts.

Why can't the police come bust down the door of my druggie neighbors instead of messing with some kid cheating at video games.

Domino's get to our door faster than the polic did after our neighbour's housemate went missing for a fotnight. They're still gone.
And all the neighbours did was put up a "room for rent" sign.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Yeah that software is readily available to anyone and everyone. It was all over /b/ when they were attacking Tumblr.

I wonder what an appropriate punishment would be.

Problem is retards like that kid use it without realsing it's a Federal crime, nor do they know how to avoid getting caught. Also why would anyone dowload software linked from /b/? XD

 

[moretimethansense]

Oh god, don't get her(him?) started please!

Don't worry, I've simply taken to ignoring he-she-whatever now. I shouldn't have baited him-her-it in the first place, really.

[sup]Seriously, I'm confused by the gender of about half the people on this site.[/sup]

It always is difficult to tell isn't it?
Especially since we have a fair few transgendered on this site.

(Disclaimer I'm not making judgments just saying it adds to the confusion)

Ok this thread is already shat on, so why not join in

Not saying they did, or that it is likely to happen. But I always assume innocence until their day in court is done with.

Hitler didn't get his day in court. He died before that happened. I guess he was innocent too.

That is officially my favorite use of Godwins law ever.

 

[MrJoyless]

The kid got arrested by DoS attacking other players not cheating or exploting in game. This is a perfectly reasonable response i hope this little brat gets whatever is coming to him. Little monster....