From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Tue May 21 2002 - 00:15:12 MDT
--> Harvey Newstrom
> On Monday, May 20, 2002, at 11:38 pm, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> >
> > Don't anybody ever tell me I didn't tell you so.
> >
> > Slashdot is reporting that the Kazaa network has been
> > hit by its first worm virus:
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/20/2022243
> >
>
> This also points out why spyware is so evil. Not only are they spying
> on you, but they are opening up holes into your system and subjecting
> you to their security decisions.
Whatever happened to caveat emptor? The evil "they" aren't forcing anyone to
install anything that they can't check out, read reviews of, or generally
act responsibly about. Would you randomly go out and put third party wheels
on your car without doing at least a little checking? This sort of thinking
(X is evil because it does something unpleasant or has bad business
practices that are completely avoidable with a little forethought) is part
of the modern disease of denial of individual responsibility. "They're doing
evil, I was lazy/stupid and got eviled, please legislate so I can allow my
laziness/stupidity to grow in peace."
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