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Article #36547Re: Right of reply, virus- public, private- a thin line
From: Bob_BobR_Retelle
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1989 06:33
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1989 06:33
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I agree that this is a sensitive matter... the *ONLY* time I ever tried to surpress any Topic of discussion on GEnie was when the discussion of "Trojan Horses" got too close to discussing ACTUAL methods of destructive programming.. (the term "virus" hadn't yet entered into things..) I didn't want my Roundtable to be the inspiration for some 16-year old "hacker" to "make a name for himself" by using the information in a destructive manner... I did take some flak in the interests of "Freedom of Speech", but in this case I felt it was justified... Where do you draw the line...? Are we better prepared if we see what most destructive programs look like..? Or... can we possibly avoid future problems by surpressing this information now..? I'd like to see the source code for these "viruses", but who's to believe that *I* won't use them destructively...? No answers, I'm afraid... BobR
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Right of reply, virus- public, private- a thin line Message-ID: <14940@cup.portal.com> Date: 22 Feb 89 06:33:05 GMT References: <415@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 22