[PLUG] OT: Intrusion could soon be legal

AthlonRob AthlonRobNF at cs.com
Thu Jul 25 18:18:20 UTC 2002


On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 09:09, Kyle Accardi wrote:
> Just in case there is someone on the list that doesn't read The Register 
> everyday.
> 
> http://www.theregus.com/content/6/25726.html
> 
> "If House Hollywood sock puppet Howard Berman (Democrat, California) gets 
> his way, it will become legal to hack a network in efforts to impede the 
> on-line illicit trade in copyrighted works."

I wonder... if you see somebody is actively trying to hack you, would it
be legal to ... uhhh ... force them to stop?

It is illegal to shoot somebody, but you can shoot somebody who is
trying to shoot you.

-- 
Rob
"Google is your friend"





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