On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 georgemw@speakeasy.net wrote:
Check out the house and, sure enough, the window has been broken into, and right by the broken window is a pile of child porn. Wouldn't ANY sensible person conclude that more likely than not it was planted there?
Except if the virus code is well known, and deemed trustworthy.
By the way, has this JD lawyer ever READ the constitution? The 4th clearly states and I quote "no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause SUPPORTED BY OATH OR AFFIRMATION". (emphasis mine). Clearly computer generated spam doesn't meet this criterion.
Admissibility also comes to mind. But those kinds of legal standards are a US specialty. The rest of us will be in trouble with the false reports. Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:decoy@iki.fi, gsm: +358-50-5756111 student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front