Even though the vast majority of people here seem to think that there's some added enlightenment involved with using technical skills to break the law, I think that hiring convicted crackers is a bad idea.

All aside about the skillsets of these guys -- what about the case where the guy ISN'T reformed and does damage to a production network?

I wouldn't want to be standing in front of the CIO saying: Well, he had a conviction already, but we thought we could trust him...

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