full-disclosure - House approves spyware legislation

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From: dufresne at winternet.com (Ron DuFresne)
Subject: House approves spyware legislation

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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