PCs Posted No Trespass 277
FreeLinux writes "USA Today has a story about a federal court ruling stating that Spyware can constitute illegal trespass. From the article: 'A federal trial court in Chicago has ruled recently that the ancient legal doctrine of trespass to chattels (meaning trespass to personal property) applies to the interference caused to home computers by spyware. Information technology has advanced at warp speed with the law struggling to keep up, and this is an example of a court needing to use historical legal theories to grapple with new and previously unforeseen contexts in Cyberspace.'"
Good, I'm gettin' mah gun (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Feds Have Taken The First Step (Score:5, Funny)
$ telnet 127.0.0.1 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'
220 127.0.0.1 ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.37/8.00.8.135
214 Don't even think about attempting to relay spam through here, n00b. Tresspassers will be pwn3d.
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"~/, sweet ~/"
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In other words, people break into your box at their own RISC?
Posted: Private Lan. No hunting. No Phishing. (Score:4, Funny)
Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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In other words, people break into your box at their own RISC?
Like we haven't hear that joke 80386 times before...
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Re:The Feds Have Taken The First Step (Score:3, Funny)
Depending on how annoying the trespassers are I guess.
In the case of Merry and Pip, I thought that the movie was lacking; the scene following their capure by goblins should have gone something like:
Gimli: *silence*
Legolas: *silence*
Aragorn: Shouldn't we like, go and rescue them or something?
Legolas: Have you noticed how quiet it is suddenly?
Gimli: I pity the goblins.
Re:The Feds Have Taken The First Step (Score:3, Funny)
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I like
Tresspassers will be experimented upon.
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I love technical reporting (Score:1, Funny)
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