Re: House approves spyware legislation

[Gregory Gilliss <ggilliss () netpublishing com>]

Ron,

I'm advocating R&D, education, and common sense. I'm disagreeing with the 
general philosophy of our society that passing more laws to punish the
transgressors is the solution to the problem.

Nice lure, but sorry, I'm not biting ;-)

-- Greg

On or about 2004.10.06 16:53:34 +0000, Ron DuFresne (dufresne () winternet com) said:

> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Gregory Gilliss wrote:
>
> > Great, Not that I'm any fan of spyware, but this is just another law
> > against hacking. Think - what's the difference between this and someone
> > using XSS to "take control" of a computer? If you r00t a box and deface
> > the home page, then you've broken this law.
> >
> > <sigh> Instead of fixing the problem (poor software security) we pass
> > laws to punish the people who do the things that illustrate the problem.
> > Basic philosophical differences, blah blah blah ...
>
> So, yer advocating that breaking into a system to say plant a file or to
> do XSS tricks on the website is okay?  As long as it's merely an
> "illistration", correct?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron DuFresne
> -- 
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>
> OK, so you're a Ph.D.  Just don't touch anything.

-- 
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