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Re: write viruses? it's controversy time of the month


From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:23:16 -0700

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
Remember - it's the *exact* same thing, morally, as if you had been keeping
a virus sample that somebody else wrote, and you whoopsed and let it loose.

I disagree that accidentally releasing an instance of a known virus sample is as bad as releasing an instance of an unknown virus sample that you crafted.

                                        BB
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