On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 09:58, Carl Cerecke wrote: > >>My ISP has updated its terms of service. Included is the following > >>paragraph: > >> > >>The Customer may be liable for all charges and expenses incurred by > >><ISP> resulting from any security breach or attack or customer error > >>that involves Customer hardware, software, or network configuration, > >>including IP addresses.
I guess at one level a contract that is inaccurate/impossible/illegal is unenforceable. IANAL, but should a black-hat snarf your POP3 password *at the ISP end* and use that to damage their service, making it look like it was your problem, the ISP might try to charge you - at which point you refuse to pay, forcing them to take you to court, then you gamble your life savings on a judge understanding that you didn't cause the problem ... -jim Shakespeare was actually being sarcastic when he said "The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers". According to a lawyer :-) http://www.howardnations.com/shakespeare.html
