Re: philosophical question

From: Biff (biffinpitt_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/17/03


Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:23:03 -0700


>A couple things - as much fun as you could envision that
>being, it could still be illegal...

Like stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

> ... it's probably not going to make them stop ...

Probably not.

> ... who's an innocent bystander with a trojan on their
>computer, and who's the real culprit?

Excellent point.

>-----Original Message-----
>A couple things - as much fun as you could envision that
being, it could
>still be illegal depending on what you're doing, and it's
probably not going
>to make them stop spamming/hacking/whatever.
Additionally, lots of
>spam/DDoS gets sent through computers which are being
controlled remotely by
>'hackers' - how do you propose sorting out who's an
innocent bystander with
>a trojan on their computer, and who's the real culprit?
>
>"Biff" <biffinpitt@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:0b2d01c334a5$91ac6b30$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I'm just wondering if there are any 'anti-hacker'
hackers?
>> Seems to me there would be. Give 'em a taste of their
own
>> medicine. Spam the spammers. Hijack the hijackers. Are
>> there any 'good' hackers out there?
>>
>> Biff
>>
>
>
>.
>



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