I’ve been thinking about Black Hat Hackers (crackers) and the things they’re capable of and even my own experiences with “crackers”. In California alot of cities have adopted a law called “Street Terrorism” which usually means “there may not be two or more members of a certain Gang that can walk the streets together”. This law was passed in Los Angeles and Long Beach during the 1990’s for 18th Street and seemed to work, for the most part. Atleast in those cities eyes… they ended up arresting a ton of 18th Street Members, whether they were up to no good or not.

So, why wouldn’t there be some sort of Online Terrorist law? A Law that could be enforced in any country at any time if known crackers communicate with each other? Wouldn’t this help enforce other laws a little easier? I’m sure some countries wouldn’t adopt the law but I’m sure adding to broken laws could push an “anti-crackers” movement throughout the Webmaster Community.

Sure, there’s some “good crackers” but I’m still not sure what’s good about them? I think everybody that can develop on the web has pushed the envelope at one time or another - but those who constantly push the law should get more than what they are currently getting.

Don’t get me wrong… there’s a ton of great “Hackers” out there along with great stories (Kevin Mitnick for example) but there are some who are just a little too close to the borderline of “bad”. Bad being: Those who “let you know a certain directory has its Permissions set too high” or even letting you know that “Hey, check out your site…you weren’t filtering SQL data good enough”, bad.

I think Governments should push “Online Terrorism” as a law and see how it goes. Maybe I’m missing something - maybe there already is such a law I’ve yet to hear about? Either way - they should make it more obvious if there is such a law and more Governments should enforce this law. I’m tired of seeing Companies, especially SMALL companies, invest all that time and energy into their Business only to have to worry about the “online thugs” come in and destroy their hard work.