Edward Jaffe wrote:
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I think John meant PUBLIC--as opposed to known among| a small
minority, including those involved in this discussion.
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I did. I know very well who the culprit is.
I have also been chided for failing to provide an apposite quotation.
Here then is one:
C'est pire qu'un crime, c'est une faute.
--Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord.
[It's worse than a crime; it's a mistake.]
The notion that it would be uneconomic to eliminate this device seems
to me to miss the point.
One of my colleagues has already found some internet chatter about it,
and it is a question of hours before prepackaged exploitations become
available to every clicker. Then, since its use is negligent (in the
sense that secure alternatives to it are readily available, known to
anyone "learned in the art"), there is a strong likelihood that the
courts will hold the culprit liable for consequential and perhaps even
punitive damages.
John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
