Educate- Don't Legislate

I have said in various rants and articles in the past that the problem with creating laws is that only the lawful care. Those who are breaking the law will most likely continue to do so whether a new law with harsher punishments is created or not. By definition, the lawless don't follow the laws- that's why they're lawless. In general, more should be done to find new ways to find and catch the existing criminals rather than coming up with new laws that aren't enforceable because the bad guys can't be caught to begin with. But, it gives elected officials a false sense of accomplishment to write new laws with draconian penalties. Munir Kotadia highlights this issue further- pointing out that educating users will do more to secure cyberspace than writing new legislation. Click here to read the article on silicon.com: Cybercrime: education not legislation the answer.