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

[Jason Clifford]

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Christopher Hunter wrote:

> > I suspect he was suggesting that people should be held responsible for 
> > their their computer 
> 
> They should!  A computer connected to the outside world requires careful
> use and maintenance.  It is negligent to allow your computer to be
> remotely abused.  It's interesting that MS' EULA specifically excludes
> this kind of abuse from their warranty.

I disagree. We know for a fact that most people, through no fault of their 
own other than ignorance, run computers that are insecure by design 
(courtesy of software publishers).

Why should those people be held responsible for that in law? We do not 
hold drivers responsible if the car manufacturer designs brakes that fail 
due to poor design/manufacture.

Jason
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