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Locking Down the Pop-up Perps
Mark Rasch, 2002-11-18

Pop-up ads have already inspired civil lawsuits. Here's how federal computer crime law and the USA-PATRIOT Act could put obnoxious advertisers in the pokey.

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Locking Down the Pop-up Perps 2002-11-18
lipa
> But does the fact that I allow certain things to be done to my
> computer imply that a Web server is authorized to do anything it wants
> to my machine?
no, it's authorized to do only the things that you allowed.
actually it will only do the things that you allowed, otherwise it would be a pro...

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