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RE: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft
From: Jay Sulzberger <jays () panix com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:34:25 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Bobby, Paul wrote:
I'm sure computer sabotage is not legal in any european country. But then again, I wouldn't call what Microsoft did an act of computer sabotage. The fine print of the XBOX live connection will tell you exactly what Microsoft is allowed to do when you connect.
I doubt the "contract" is good. There are indeed specific laws against such invasion and sabotage, even under cover of "contract". Of course, there is also case law against such EULAs. oo--JS.
-----Original Message----- From: Stefan Esser [mailto:s.esser () e-matters de] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:31 PM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Cc: bugtraq () securityfocus com Subject: [Full-disclosure] Computer Sabotage by Microsoft Hi, well it finally happened. I came back home after work, connected my XBOX to the internet and went into the XBOX-Live menu configuration. Well what happened. The XBOX started automaticly downloading the new crappy XBOX-Live dashboard, which is of course fixed. This is IMHO an act of computer sabotage. I have never allowed MS to modify my dashboard or to auto update my dashboard. Is any lawyer on the list who can point me to the right paragraphs? I do not believe this computer sabotage is legal in any european country. Yours, Stefan Esser -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stefan Esser s.esser () e-matters de e-matters Security http://security.e-matters.de/ GPG-Key gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key 0xCF6CAE69 Key fingerprint B418 B290 ACC0 C8E5 8292 8B72 D6B0 7704 CF6C AE69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did I help you? Consider a gift: http://wishlist.suspekt.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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