[extropy-chat] forwarded comments on security systems

Dirk Bruere dirk.bruere at gmail.com
Sun Dec 4 13:19:58 UTC 2005


On 12/4/05, spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Former ExI poster Mike Lorrey wrote:
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> No security system is a substitute for a .45 caliber at deterring those
> intent on no good. Of course, you can't shoot bullets over a computer
> network... or can you? Few people have noticed that the powers that be
> have
> essentially imposed total victim disarmament on the internet. They do not
> allow a 2nd Amendment when it comes to the internet. You may not fry,
> defensively, the systems of an intruder, with viruses, trojans, worms,
> etc.
> without commiting a crime to do so.
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>
That's not really true.
If I have a nasty piece of s/w on my machine and someone hacks into it,
releasing it to trash *their* machine - that is not illegal.
Putting that s/w on a website would be illegal because it would not require
a criminal act to access it.

Dirk
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