"Kurth Bemis" said:
>ah - isn't just like our goverment?
>
>gee - rat on your fiends, help us and we'll let you go free <wink><wink>.
>but if you don't do extacly as we say we'll throw your sorry ass in jail.
Yep, if you're too dumb to exercise your Miranda rights (which I'd be
confident he was told about, the FBI is getting smart enough to know NOT
giving them gets the case thrown out), you deserve it. Note that he broke
the law to begin with. If I leave my front door open, it does NOT give
you the right to enter, much less take from my house. It may be dumb to
leave the front door open, but it's not illegal, and it's not a
justification for illegal actions.
>
>what about the ILOVEYOU.vbs worm/virus? Can you really hold on person
>because the majority of people choose to use MS email clients. Many
people
>asked what they could do to avoid this virus.....i told them to use
eudora
>or pc-pine. nobody did and we made a killing on virus cleanup. why didn't
>they change e-mail clients...they didn't feel like downloading eudora or
>whatever other reason that people think of. Because of that laziness, a
>lot of people lost a lot of money. (corps and people)
Three sorts of people responsible here:
1. The virus writer. He's in the Phillipines, where, it turns out, this
actually isn't (or wasn't at the time) against the law.
2. Microsoft, for building SW with giant holes. Not necessarily illegal,
but should be held liable after the umpteenth time for flagrant design
errors. At minimum, people / companies should stop buying their SW and
their excuses (personally, I think they ought to be sued).
3. Admins & people who keep running such lousy SW. Not illegal, just
incredibly dumb. Sympathy for those who work for the companies, none for
the companies (and yes, my wife works for a company that won't change -
she has no choice).
>
>you can't hold one person responsible for somebody else's poor
>administration skills. Its similar to a mother(the goverment, the
people)
>holding colt(Max Vision) responsible because her 5 year fould the gun a
>blew off his hand.(because sysadmins run BIND "Buggy Internet Name
Deamon"
>that is insecure)
Wrong analogy. Again, just because I leave my front door unlocked is NOT
a reason to Enter my house. And, if I catch you there, you better believe
I'll persecute you. Of course, if you're too dumb to listen to the
Miranda rights, I can't say I feel pity for you.
jeff
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