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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:51:30 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@...berkeley.edu>
Cc: Stefan Esser <s.esser@...atters.de>, full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com,
bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft
Hi!
> > well it finally happened. I came back home after work, connected my
> > XBOX to the internet and went into the XBOX-Live menu configuration.
> > Well what happened. The XBOX started automaticly downloading the new
> > crappy XBOX-Live dashboard, which is of course fixed.
> >
> > This is IMHO an act of computer sabotage. I have never allowed MS
> > to modify my dashboard or to auto update my dashboard.
> >
> > Is any lawyer on the list who can point me to the right paragraphs?
> > I do not believe this computer sabotage is legal in any european
> > country.
>
> Read the End User Liscence Agreement that you agreed to with the X-box
> (its probably somewhere in the box).
Well, if you happen to be in country where shrink-wrapping is illegal,
it still might be viewed as sabotage.
Pavel
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