>- Speaking of Naughty Robots, Kurt Wismer said this to Gordon Frey on 09 Apr 
97  09:00 -<
 KW> bad example... it is a reasonable expectation of someone who has
 KW> viruses (for the purposes of distribution) that they would know that
 KW> viruses are dangerous and take precautions to keep them out of the
 KW> wrong hands... it is not really a reasonable expectation for a ladder
 KW> company to keep their ladders out of the hands of morons...
Hi Kurt,
  I just really want to chuck my $0.02 in the fire.  I have a really hard
time with laws that deal with people being charged over inaction, rather
than action.  Fine, you can say if I _do_ give a virus to someone I'm bad,
or if I _do_ plant a bomb in someone's backyard, then I'm bad, but I don't
think it's fair to say if I _don't_ stop unreliable people from taking my
viruses then I should be in trouble.  How far must one go in taking these
precautions?  Passwords?  What the army uses, that level C2 or something,
no modem access at all?  I'd hate to be charged with not doing something...
Steve
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