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I wonder what the legality is of microsoft writing a worm to disable windows installs until they pay. They of course already have this feature, but it is not a
by randyrand 9y ago
I wonder what the legality is of microsoft writing a worm to disable windows installs until they pay.
They of course already have this feature, but it is not a worm.
- chii 9y agomicrosoft has to operate under some form of law, and most countries have computer fraud laws (especially in the US, where it's a federal law). Writing a program to exploit someone else's machine for your own financial gain is certainly computer fraud, so they would be prosecuted for it.
- pcr0 9y agoHow would this be different from say, a pirated copy of MS Office/Adobe PS that detects it has been pirated and stops working?
- blackflame7000 9y agoPirates have no rights whereas paying customers do.
- matthewbauer 9y agoIt's also bad publicity for them. I suspect many companies will look into Linux/Mac in certain cases.