NTBugtraq author says virus authors "terrorists"

Eugene Leitl Eugene.Leitl at lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Sat Dec 29 05:56:16 PST 2001


On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Anonymous wrote:

> Forget that it may be problematic to extradite the individual, or that
> they may be young, or claim to be doing 'research.' We need to catch
> them, and place them in a position whereby they are seen for what they
> are -- a terrorist," Cooper said. "The cost to our businesses, not to
> mention our way of life, is simply too high to not pursue these
> individuals."

Of course the chiefest terrorists are purveyors of low-quality software
such as Microsoft. MS Outlook and Windows are the greatest threats to your
data, far beyond what the most heinous virus/worm could ever hope to
accomplish.

In a world of diverse, secure, noncommercial systems (free *nices) there
would be basically no worms nor viruses, and the damage they'd be doing
would be highly limited.

Ceterum censeo Microsoftem delendam esse.





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