On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Sampo Syreeni wrote: Tim May writes:
Why not restrict computer virus research?
Hasn't it been, already? If I'm not mistaken, people already go to prison for writing viruses. Ditto for hacking tools, TPM circumvention software, and soon probably spamming tools as well.
Not quite yet. People have gone to prison for *releasing* viruses, not for *writing* them. Heck, I've written a dozen viruses myself, and not one has ever been run on a machine I didn't reformat within the week. An amusing pastime - not a crime. Bear
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:23:02AM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
Not quite yet. People have gone to prison for *releasing* viruses, not for *writing* them. Heck, I've written a dozen viruses myself, and not one has ever been run on a machine I didn't reformat within the week. An amusing pastime - not a crime.
At least not yet. If it's illegal (under Goodlatte's bill) to distribute spam code, why not arguably more destructive viral code? After all, this congressional session is still young and there's plenty of time for them to get inventive. -Declan
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