EFF/Bernstein Press Release
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s1113645 at tesla.cc.uottawa.ca
Thu Apr 18 10:05:54 PDT 1996
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Mark Neely wrote:
> Well, that puts legislation making virus authoring a crime
> into a new (and difficult) position.
On the other hand, a virus is malicious speech, no? Sorta like libel or
fraud. You said bad and untrue things to the victim's computer and the
dimwitted OS believed it.
Also this is impersonation. You spoke words that led the OS to think that
you were a legit user and, having its gained trust on false grounds, it lets
you do malicious things.
So is misrepresentation also constitutional? (Not like I need this
answered ;-> )
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