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Re: Even you can be hacked
From: Crist Clark <crist.clark () globalstar com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:17:46 -0700
Sean Donelan wrote:
If you leave your lights on, the electric company will send you a bill.
If the neighbor taps into your power lines after the meter...?
If you leave your faucets running, the water company will send you a bill. If you leave your computer infected, ???
If you lose your credit card and someone runs up thousands of dollars in charges, the credit card company sends you a bill... But you can at most be held responsible for $50. Does that really mean anything with respect to Mr. Donelan's quoted article? Not really. But neither do electric and water bills. I have some sympathy for the malware victim. But I don't expect the ISP to eat all of the costs. The article is more balanced than the selected quotes portray. -- Crist J. Clark crist.clark () globalstar com Globalstar Communications (408) 933-4387
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