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> - Sue them, aggressively. On what grounds? > - Looks for exploits in their own systems and publish their code, making it worthless. Are you saying Google s
by Cyberdog 4y ago
> - Sue them, aggressively.
On what grounds?
> - Looks for exploits in their own systems and publish their code, making it worthless.
Are you saying Google should publish exploits of Variston's systems? There's kind of a "two wrongs" problem there; such information would likely require illegal hacking ("accessing a computer system without permission") to discover.
> - Publish lists of their owners and employees
I'm sure they do as much as they can in that regard, but I'm sure such companies do much to hide their ownership and employees, and at any rate it could be seen as encouraging illegal harassment of said employees.
> ban them from Google/Microsoft services.
To the extent possible I'm sure they do this, but Google can't really stop someone from using Chrome, or always reliably detect when someone representing a malicious company is using their services.
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- kbenson 4y ago>> - Sue them, aggressively. > On what grounds? Love it or (more likely) hate it, the DMCA has anti-circumvention provisions in it, and breaking out of a sandbox sounds like it matches that. > Are you saying Google should publish exploits of Variston's systems? There's kind of a "two wrongs" problem there; such information would likely require illegal hacking ("accessing a computer system without permission") to discover. I don't think there's actually any problems here, as long as the "publish" portion is adhered to. Making sure they don't break the law in finding those exploits would be the hard part though, as you note.
- tptacek 4y agoThe DMCA anti-circumvention provisions apply only to technology that protects content covered by the DMCA; it doesn't criminalize arbitrary sandbox breaks.
- shakna 4y ago> >- Sue them, aggressively. > On what grounds? A breach of the Terms and Services that all publishers are required to abide by, to have a relationship with Google and/or Apple. They have a list of security provisions and list of things you can and cannot do.
- PeterisP 4y agoNothing in the article implies that Variston has any relationship with Google and/or Apple or wants one. T&C is not the law - it may be a condition of Variston being able to publish apps on Google Play and Apple Store, but Variston definitely has (and should have) the right to refuse that T&C and not publish any apps, you can't unilaterally impose contracts on others.