RE: The home user problem returns

["Behm, Jeffrey L." <BehmJL () bvsg com>]

> Exactly. You may have never seen, used or owned a gun in your life, but
you
> are probably able to go buy one. Once you do buy one, how it is handled
and
> what you do with it is YOUR responsibility. The training is widely
available
> to you, it is YOUR responsibility to get that training. YOU are
accountable
> for what YOU do with that gun.
>
> Same as your computer.

Correct. *You* are responsible for what *You* do with the gun(computer).
That shouldn't be extrapolated into what *others* do with your
gun(computer) without your consent.

Are you held responsible for robbery if someone steals your gun and then
commits a robbery with it, just because you left it lying on your desk
inside your house? What about a BOT running on your computer
participating in a DDoS (or as a keylogger gathering your personal
information)? It's a gray area when it's not *you* explicity doing
something. 

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