Subject: censorware reveng under legal attack
from slashdot
A few weeks ago we ran Keep It Legal to Embarrass Big
Companies, detailing Peacefire's decryption of X-Stop's
blacklist. Then just a few days ago, we noted that CyberPatrol's
encrypted list had also been cracked. Well, Mattel, the maker
of CyberPatrol and a Big Company, decided it didn't like to be
embarrassed -- so it's filing suit against the coders in Canada
and Sweden. In addition to demanding the removal of the
decryption utility, Mattel is also seeking the logfiles of the
Swedish ISP that hosts the decryption utility, to identify
everyone who has downloaded it to date.
