full-disclosure - Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

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From: paul.bobby at lmco.com (Bobby, Paul)
Subject: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

I'm sure computer sabotage is not legal in any european country.

But then again, I wouldn't call what Microsoft did an act of computer
sabotage. The fine print of the XBOX live connection will tell you exactly
what Microsoft is allowed to do when you connect.

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Esser [mailto:s.esser@...atters.de]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:31 PM
To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] 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.

Yours,
Stefan Esser

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