RE: Is this for real?

["Michael Bednar" <MBEDNAR () katz pitt edu>]

Hmmm...I have to ask myself if someone who is trespassing and stealing
your bandwidth has a reasonable expectation of privacy? I can see where
there would be a problem if you were an ISP and were spying on your
customers without their knowledge, but does someone who is breaking the
law (I don't think you need to know you're doing it -- try arguing your
way out of a criminal charge because you didn't know) have the same
protection? I am not a lawyer nor do I pretend to be, but I think the
only people who would be able to press charges are legitimate users who
were harmed by the surveillance.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of Adam Graham
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 16:57
To: 'Stefano Zanero'
Cc: focus-ids () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Is this for real?

Didn't a couple of years ago (2 or 3) a major IT/phone company in Italy
get
in trouble for just that? It could have been france but I believe it was
in
Italy. Some major communications company was snooping on people, I think
even a government official or two.. Put simply... that's illegal even in
Texas, where I live. 



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