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sb> I just really want to chuck my $0.02 in the fire. I have a
sb> really hard time with laws that deal with people being charged
sb> over inaction, rather than action.
You have a problem with the courts dealing with someone who drives
through a red light (fails to stop, fails to take some necessary
action) and kills someone?
sb> Fine, you can say if I _do_ give a virus to someone I'm bad, or
sb> if I _do_ plant a bomb in someone's backyard, then I'm bad, but
sb> I don't think it's fair to say if I _don't_ stop unreliable
sb> people from taking my viruses then I should be in trouble. 
Would you be in trouble if you operated a gun store and put all your
guns on the sidewalk, allowing anyone who wanted one to just take
one?  Would you have _no_ responsibility?
sb> How far must one go in taking these precautions? Passwords? 
sb> What the army uses, that level C2 or something, no modem access
sb> at all? I'd hate to be charged with not doing something... 
Then don't write virus code.  It's real simple to avoid the problem.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 20 Apr 8:36 
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