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Article #48Re: National Crime Squad Press Release, 122/01 28 November 2001
From: Dave J.
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 18:54
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 18:54
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John Underwood <abuse@the-underwoods.org.uk> wrote : > I did say actionable, not criminal (though that is not excluded). If, as > a result of the use or misuse of your computer (that being something I > could establish as a fact) I was caused inconvenience and unnecessary > work, I might be able to argue a case for damages. If the case is > upheld, I suggest you would not get very far with a defence that the use > was out of your control because somebody had misused your password > unless you could prove who it was and that they had come by it illicitly > (and that you had taken reasonable precautions to prevent that > happening). 'Reasonable precautions' inside a court of law would probably include trusting windows 'security' and believing that the encryption of usernames/passwords inside a PWL file was sufficient to keep intruders out. I don't think you would need to prove who it was, just that it was possible. -- Dave Johnson :- requiem@freeuk.com
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