Hacking commercial systems.
Hi, A number of people have been proposing hacks on commercial payment systems. Could I point out that this is not necessarily a good idea? One vendor I spoke to has a contract clause with sublicensees which requires a legal response in such situations. His opinion was that attempting such a crack on a "live" system consitituted conspiracy to commit fraud and organisation of the same could involve RICO penalties. It would seem prudent to approach such projects with a little caution. If a request were made for a sample of material to work on most companies would oblige and a refusal would provide protection against legal tactics. Most sensible companies would see the advantage of offering a reward. Phill
Phill writes:
[One vendor's] opinion was that attempting such a crack on a "live" system consitituted conspiracy to commit fraud [...] If a request were made for a sample of material to work on most companies would oblige and a refusal would provide protection against legal tactics.
Assuming for the sake of argument that the vendor's opinion turns out to be legally valid (IANAL): There's something here I don't understand. How would a refusal to provide a sample for testing/hacking provide protection against possible fraud charges for hacking The Real Thing (tm) ? Maybe that's how the law works (in some jurisdictions), but I don't see a logical connection. I'm not aware of companies involved in deployed payment systems throwing samples to the dogs. -Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
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