This is the internet. This isn't your home, your car, your wallet. This is the internet. Offline analogies do not work. They also make my brain hurt, please do not use them. Whilst "breaking a weak lock" is criminal on the internet and in real life, it's also a hell of a lot easier to do on the internet, and a hell of a lot harder to get caught. The fact that something is illegal discourages no-one, the fact that they may get caught and punushed discourages most. The amount of laws it is possible to break by clicking a few links is insane, and only ever enforced if a large corporation is involved. I don't know what you expect from this rant, but i am quite concerned that someone with a CitiGroup (a bank?!) email address is talking about credit cards being stolen and "weak locks".
On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 10:26:13 -0400, KF_lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Who pissed in your Wheaties? > -KF > > > > > Clairmont, Jan M wrote: > > I just don't understand people who think by using some cheap trick they > > get into my files or website and hack them, that they have no personal > > responsibility. > > It's insane to think and criminal that anything you can get into is fair game. > > > > Just because I have a cheap lock you can break does not make invading my home or > > personal property yours. Eh gods man, how does this type of idiotic logic prevail, > > just becasue I lost my wallet does not constitute your right to use my credit > > card, atm card and personal information for your enrichment. Because you can get > > into > > some sieve unsecured systems gives you the right to exploit or rape a persons bank > > account, steal their identity and generally destroy someone's life. > > > > I have found a number of wallets and purses and returned them intact to the > > rightful > > owners, as I have done with computer systems that my friends, neightbors and > > clients have used with vulnerablilties or virii. Sometimes they didn't even know I > > helped or fixed something. You know why because I respect the privacy and > > property of others. And if you don't, you deserve the indignation and the > > handcuffs they put on you > > when they drag you down to chinatown, baby. > > > > Compute Fair, Compute Fun, Compute secure > > Jan Clairmont Paladin of Security, Take no Prisoners! > > Unix Security Support/Consultant > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
