, 2006-04-18
Botnets are a major source of evil on the Internet, from spam, phishing attacks, virus propagation and denial-of-service attacks to the stealing of financial information and other illegal activity. Does disbanding them raise legal and ethical implications?
Anonymous
That's like asking, if I shoot someone with a gun do I still have the right to carry it? No matter how people try to disguise software as "legit", the software is still illegal. No amount of EULAs, DMCAs...
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