[Gllug] A few words on the topic of stock spam

[Jason Clifford]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, John G Walker wrote:

> > A computer connected to the outside world requires careful use and
> > maintenance.  It is negligent to allow your computer to be remotely
> > abused.
> 
> So negligent as to be treated as a criminal act?

In law negligence is a criminal offence in many cases - particularly where 
it clearly leads to harm.

> Of course, this will do nothing to rid the world of spam, since it does
> nothing about the abusers (ie the spammers),

Kind of however if spammers and other abusers could not gain control of 
millions of PCs to relay their abuse the problem would be far easier to 
block/control.

Jason
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