Asbo Equivalent Planned For UK Hackers
<img src="http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6358/homeofficeei4.png" style='margin:5px;' align='left'>The Home Office has proposed a new order, which could give police and the courts the power to give suspected hackers and spammers the equivalent of an <a href= "http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/asbos9.htm">Asbo (anti-social behaviour order). The order, known as the Serious Crime Prevention Order, is intended to help fight rising cybercrime levels, and will enable civil courts to impose the orders on individuals, even if they haven't been proven guilty, or worse, convicted of a crime. This only applies to the UK, for now at least.
<img src="http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6358/homeofficeei4.png" style='margin:5px;' align='left'>The Order is planned for cases where police don't have enough evidence to prosecute suspected cybercriminals.
With this order, the police and courts would have "almost unlimited powers when imposing conditions on the person receiving the order."*
The courts would have the right to take computer equipment, aswell as their businesses, property, or anything which may "have been used to facilitate serious crime" from individuals, without needing any evidence against that person.
"The proposals would give extensive powers [to the courts and police]. Suspected hackers could be banned from the Internet, or banned from entering Internet cafés," a Home Office spokesman told ZDNet UK.
This is just another example of how hackers are being descriminized around the globe, and it appears theres not all too much we can do about it.
<span class='small2'>*Source: zdnet.co.uk
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Mr_Cheese 18 years ago
fuck sake. i always thought i'd get a ASBO at some point, but never thought i'd get one for being too good on the computer. :right:
ghost 18 years ago
Christ. They just want people with a wider knowledge than them to no longer exist. Imho this is nit picking at it's greatest. for cases where police don't have enough evidence to prosecute suspected cybercriminals is them basically saying that they will hand it out if there is no law allready set for something.
Mr_Cheese 18 years ago
just means whenever people do certain things, just got to be extra extra careful about being caught. none of the "ah fuck this proxy its too slow, meh i'll turn it off instead" attitude many have.
ghost 18 years ago
Way things are going, I wouldnt be suprised if get your computer taken away for visiting hbh… :angry:
ghost 18 years ago
Thats the biggest lods of shit law ever, anyway, if you a true and good hacker you wont get caught! :ninja:
ghost 18 years ago
"Suspected hackers could be banned from the Internet" I would love to see them try and do that
ghost 18 years ago
@tancurrom: actually, its been done before. A while ago, a hacker (dn remember his name) hacked the mastercard website n stole every1s credit card (or sumfing). He was forbidden access to all computers :P
ghost 18 years ago
He was forbidden access to all computers what if he used a psp or a phone? lol :)
ghost 18 years ago
Way before the times of psp and cellphones XD Plus I doubt they'd av let him buy one.
ghost 18 years ago
well playstation just lost a five year legal battle to try and class the PS2 as a computer, so you should be able to use a psp :)
ghost 18 years ago
omg, I almost cried when I read this (Not really) that is even worse then the [Internet neutrality](Internet neutrality) bill in the U.S.
ghost 18 years ago
This is crap. This laws are crapy and unfundamented. All this ASBO and stuff, are just a way to stupid people mess with whoever they want…
ghost 18 years ago
Yet another stupid idea from the Home Office. They could never ban peoples access to the internet. Use a friends WiFi, neighbours WiFi, strangers WiFi, The Pub, Internet Cafe, Phone etc etc the list goes on! i'd love to see them try and ban me! We will always find a way, we are all hackers after all!! Peace!
ghost 18 years ago
But then breaching the terms of the near-asbo can land you in jail, they will have some sort of survellience (sp?) on the people who get one, as I assume there will not be too many people.:right:
ghost 18 years ago
Haha I second system_meltdown. Would be a bitching conversation at school. "omg you got an asbo…what you do"… "well i found and exploited an xss hole in some shitty site" - "so you didn't get pissed and fight an O.A.P?"
ghost 18 years ago
"without needing any evidence against that person"
what ever happen to the 'innocent untill proven guilty' idea? if some 1 was gonna burst in to my house and take 1000's worth of kit i would want there to be a gd pile of evidence…..maybe not….but u get wat i mean;)