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What do you think a botnet is?

• newaccountfool 12y ago
  He said 'bot farm' that could just be a group of EC2 servers. He didn't mention botnet. A bot is just an automated program, a bot farm is a group of automated programs.
  • valarauca1 12y ago
    Google's spiders are a bot farm. But nobody considers that illegal.
  • diminoten 12y ago
    It could be. It isn't, though.
• valarauca1 12y ago
  I don't see how this is illegal. Immoral, yes. Against the ToS of a website, yes. Possible grounds for a lawsuit, yes. But illegal? Not unless I'm actually stealing data, making a profit, or accessing areas I shouldn't be.
  • PeterisP 12y ago
    Malicious != illegal. There are many activities that might be technically legal, but definitely are malicious.
  • diminoten 12y ago
    How do you think botnets are formed? You surely don't believe folks are granted access to all those computers, right?
    • newaccountfool 12y ago
      He said Botfarm not Botnet, two different things.
      • diminoten 12y ago
        Bot farm isn't a term.