Hacking for Jesus

[GalacticStatic]

If a person hosts a website with disgusting pictures and posts a link on children-oriented websites to trick them into clicking on it, would a Christian hacker be justified in hacking the person's website to protect innocent children?

What if he took down the gruesome photos and put up a biblical passage instead?

There is a group that does things like this...

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

That's quite a moral dilema. Before doing something as drastic as hacking, I'd say contact the children's site and let them know about the link. They should take it down. If the don't, it's difficult to say. Hacking is illegal no matter what. Maybe contact the authorities, I don't know. I'd say it is a worthy cause, but probably not the best choice of action unless nothing else works.

 

[Ragamuffins]

Hacking is illegal, period.

You never have the right to break the law when the means of the law being upheld by the authorities is present.

This is simliar to the people who ask if it is okay for a starving man to steal a loaf of bread to feed his family. WHile we might find it justified, the law doesn't.

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

Hacking is illegal, period.

You never have the right to break the law when the means of the law being upheld by the authorities is present.

This is simliar to the people who ask if it is okay for a starving man to steal a loaf of bread to feed his family. WHile we might find it justified, the law doesn't.

However, didn't the early Christians break the law by meeting? I know we are supposed to follow the law of the land, but I find it hard to believe that watching your family die because you won't steal food for them is a "Christian" thing to do.

 

[Quantos]

Is God directing them to do this, or are they doing it becuse they think it's right ?

 

[Quantos]

FYI did a quick google, and they appeared to of hacked someone selling Disney,starwars, and misilanious stuff on ebay. a pizza shop, a legal ferm, site selling gold, stoves, ect..

EDIT:
A list of sites they hacked. dont look like there lead by the Holy Spirit.

 

[Deacon]

Hacking is illegal...just call the authorities...quit worry about hacking someone...your actions won't do anything but make em put up more...at least calling the authorities, they will be able to find the site in questioned, and shut it down. They are the onlys allowed to do that.

 

[Tangnefedd]

I would object to anyone hacking into my computer whatever their motive!

 

[AbelaJohnB]

As has been said, hacking (of the type you are talking about) is illegal in every country. We as Christians are to obey the laws of the land... in all times except with the laws of the land go against the laws of God. In this case, the laws of the land do not go against the laws of God.

 

[theFijian]

As has been said, hacking (of the type you are talking about) is illegal in every country. We as Christians are to obey the laws of the land... in all times except with the laws of the land go against the laws of God. In this case, the laws of the land do not go against the laws of God.

What he said.

 

[JWinter]

Prying on children on the internet is a HUGE problem. Not only is it not fair that kids are exposed to images/sites that they are not wanting to see but it is illegal. The Boys and Girls club and National Center for Missing and Expoited children also work to take these people out of commission.

 

[Quantos]

Prying on children on the internet is a HUGE problem. Not only is it not fair that kids are exposed to images/sites that they are not wanting to see but it is illegal. The Boys and Girls club and National Center for Missing and Expoited children also work to take these people out of commission.

Well I was going to ask if you saw the list of sites they hacked, but my link vanished

But they have hacked sites like Electrolux, Kawasaki ,A few goverment sites, hardly the filth of the internet.

 

[sethad]

If a person hosts a website with disgusting pictures and posts a link on children-oriented websites to trick them into clicking on it, would a Christian hacker be justified in hacking the person's website to protect innocent children?

What if he took down the gruesome photos and put up a biblical passage instead?

There is a group that does things like this...

contact the sites that have the link on their site, contact the authorites, but dont hack.

how would it look if you posted christian based stuff? ooo.."christian hacker" that wouldnt look so good. plus you could get in a lot of trouble for that.

 

[Psalms34]

If a person hosts a website with disgusting pictures and posts a link on children-oriented websites to trick them into clicking on it, would a Christian hacker be justified in hacking the person's website to protect innocent children?

What if he took down the gruesome photos and put up a biblical passage instead?

There is a group that does things like this...

err no of course not.

This is on a childrens site? Simply contact the webmaster of this childrens site and let him/her know to problem (be nice) and ask for the banner to be removed from their system. If they don't than report it to your ISP, some ISP's black list sites you know. You can also do a whois and contact the sys admin/ISP of the site that is doing this and tell them what is going on. If this is in a data center, they may pull the plug if they find out this is true.

 

[Tangnefedd]

If the children viewing the site were Muslims, or any other faith, the Biblical passage could be offensive!

 

[Psalms34]

If the children viewing the site were Muslims, or any other faith, the Biblical passage could be offensive!

you mean like this? "Fight and slay the pagans (infidels) wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war." - Quran, Sura 9:5

 

[Tangnefedd]

The Bible has verses that are equally offensive. I don't support the Koran, but I don't support using Biblical verses out of context either!

 

[Deacon]

you mean like this? "Fight and slay the pagans (infidels) wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war." - Quran, Sura 9:5

Word

 

[theFijian]

Way to derail the thread guys.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

I would object to anyone hacking into my computer whatever their motive!

Good point.

First of all, if the site isn't in America, then American authorities will have a hard time shutting it down. Plus there not going spend all of that time and money tracking down a website over seas.

Different things are legal in different countries. I took a web-ethics class at college, and we learned that there are sites, hosted in other countries, that have nude pictures of people under 18, and as long as there is no sexuality involved, they can justify it in the name of "art". People in this country could easily access those sites, and due to the laws, face no punishment.

The internet is too hard to regulate. It's sad, but people can go on an illegal porn site, and as long as they don't submit a credit card number, the authorities cannot prove intent. Intent is too hard to prove, that's why when you hear of people getting busted, it's always a case of them either distributing it, or someone seeing it on their PC and reporting them.

Like I said, it's sad, but when you make something that's world-wide, it can't be enforced by the laws of one particular country.