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Anti-piracy vigilantes track file sharers
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-03-18

A pair of coders nurturing a deep antipathy for software pirates set off a controversy Thursday when they went public with a months-old experiment to trick file sharers into running a Trojan horse program that chastises users and reports back to a central server.

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Breaking the law 2004-03-19
Anonymous
They are tricking users in sending their personal information to them. This is a serious offense in Italy (where I live) and most of Europe. We take our privacy most seriously.

Furthermore, cracks are legal in Italy (if you own a registered copy), because it is considered wrong for companies who se...

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