freakedout
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? I'm not from the US, and this is about soemthing on the Internet so it probably concerns every state.
If someone simply wanted to do something illegal but didn't write it down or anything, say, they planned in their heads by themselves to hack someone's computer (not all hacking is bad, but just say that this is), can they get charged for intent? I came across some boards for hackers - most of the people who post there are supposed to be ethical hackers, emploted by companies to test their network security and stuff. But still you get people who want to hack illegally, and ask on messageboard how to do it. And the people just tell them you shouldn't be doing that, it's illegal, you're getting no help frpm us etc. and add that one would not be stupid enough to post intentions to hack on an Internet messageboard for the whole world to see. Could these people who reply get charged for hindering police or something, even if their intentions were for the wannabe hacker's common sense and they didn't see the consequences?
If someone simply wanted to do something illegal but didn't write it down or anything, say, they planned in their heads by themselves to hack someone's computer (not all hacking is bad, but just say that this is), can they get charged for intent? I came across some boards for hackers - most of the people who post there are supposed to be ethical hackers, emploted by companies to test their network security and stuff. But still you get people who want to hack illegally, and ask on messageboard how to do it. And the people just tell them you shouldn't be doing that, it's illegal, you're getting no help frpm us etc. and add that one would not be stupid enough to post intentions to hack on an Internet messageboard for the whole world to see. Could these people who reply get charged for hindering police or something, even if their intentions were for the wannabe hacker's common sense and they didn't see the consequences?