Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- Per Heldal <heldal () eml cc> wrote:

> Regulation targeting software-vendors and service-providers has little
> effect as it is an attempt to disrupt the money-flow somewhere in the
> middle. It's usually more efficient to "attack" the source. I.e.
> authorities must hold computer users responsible and make them pay every
> penny (or millions;) it costs to investigate and clean up their mess.
> Mainstream OS'es as we know them would have been unsellable in today's
> market if users, ever since the internet was commercialised, had been
> held responsible. 

When the banks & merchants get sick & tired of underwriting the
fraud investigation and coverage liabilities, I think we will
begin to see more of an effort to put more of the liability in the
user's lap.

In fact, I think we are already starting to see some movement
in the fringes regarding this.

The only thing I can say about this is: be careful what you ask for.

The issues that might result as fall-out might be uglier than what
we have now. :-/

- - ferg

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