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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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Good for them? - Questionable Ethics 2004-03-20
Anonymous
It just goes to show how ethics vary between people.

Personally, I find it highly unethical to use false pretenses, no matter the reason. Your ethics may vary, but I was always taught and firmly believe that it is unethical to lie, and that the ends do not justify the means....

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