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<blockquote data-quote="93803123" data-source="post: 838759">I&#039;m not being ridiculous about anything. It is fact that companies are becoming increasingly litigious over breaches, employees that infect systems because they did not adhere to safe practices, and those companies want the parties responsible to pay for the damages. Non-business users are increasingly pursuing remedy in courts as well. All one need do is look up the plethora of court cases in this area.I am not for gun nor computer confiscation. However, I do think people should be held accountable when they cause others damages. That is the entire basis of torts.Just try to take guns from Texans. There are 3 million Texans, but 5 million registered guns in Texas. Good luck with that.The answer is not better software. The software today is better than it ever has been, yet we are in the worst security situation of all time. Behavioral change is the answer. The whole paradigm of &quot;it&#039;s my system and I should be able to do with it as I wish - regardless of any consequences&quot; is the same as &quot;it&#039;s m car and I can do whatever I want with it - including driving recklessly.&quot; Computers and digital devices result in huge financial losses. Those losses should be tracked, and all parties that are careless and negligent should be held accountable.The courts have held that parents can be held civilly liable a criminally culpable for their children&#039;s&#039; online behavior. Parents have gone to jail and paid huge fines or reimbursements for damages. The courts have also held that a person who misuses a computer - even out of ignorance - can be held liable. That includes minors.So it is a concepts I am talking about are well-established and accepted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="93803123, post: 838759"] I'm not being ridiculous about anything. It is fact that companies are becoming increasingly litigious over breaches, employees that infect systems because they did not adhere to safe practices, and those companies want the parties responsible to pay for the damages. Non-business users are increasingly pursuing remedy in courts as well. All one need do is look up the plethora of court cases in this area. I am not for gun nor computer confiscation. However, I do think people should be held accountable when they cause others damages. That is the entire basis of torts. Just try to take guns from Texans. There are 3 million Texans, but 5 million registered guns in Texas. Good luck with that. The answer is not better software. The software today is better than it ever has been, yet we are in the worst security situation of all time. Behavioral change is the answer. The whole paradigm of "it's my system and I should be able to do with it as I wish - regardless of any consequences" is the same as "it's m car and I can do whatever I want with it - including driving recklessly." Computers and digital devices result in huge financial losses. Those losses should be tracked, and all parties that are careless and negligent should be held accountable. The courts have held that parents can be held civilly liable a criminally culpable for their children's' online behavior. Parents have gone to jail and paid huge fines or reimbursements for damages. The courts have also held that a person who misuses a computer - even out of ignorance - can be held liable. That includes minors. So it is a concepts I am talking about are well-established and accepted. [/QUOTE]

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