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[Walter Dnes]

On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 04:03:01PM -0400, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote

> Blame the victim. As long as you're throwing around big lawyerly
> sounding phrases like "contributory negligence", why aren't you
> proposing that Microsoft be sued or in some way censured? Could it
> be because Microsoft has deeper pockets and is not likely to roll
> over but the grandma whose Windows machine got compromised is a
> softer target?

  Actually, I should've been clearer about the distinction between
straight "negligence" and "contributory negligence".

  - if MS made a corrective patch available then it's in the clear.

  - Joe's porn websight suing John Smith for allowing his computer to
    participate in a DDOS would be a straight "negligence" complaint.

  - John Smith sues MS because he got 0wn3d by a botnet, and fined by
    his ISP.  If John Smith didn't have up-to-date patches/anti-virus
    and firewall, MS can claim "contributory negligence" on John Smith's
    part.  I.e. John Smith suffered damage (fined by ISP, kicked off the
    net, whatever) because of his own negligence.

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