twesterm said:
The Anarchyz said:
twesterm said:
Hephaestos said:
you guys with the viruses are crazy...
Your logic is the same as "prostitution is illegal, so i'll give aids to a prostitute so all her clients get it and can't complain it's their own fault"
Justifying doing something illegal because the person you do it to is doing something illegal shows that your moral values are even lower than the person that you try to harm. Not only does it shows twisted moral values but you seem to be enjoying the idea of such response which is really sad...
And no doing something illegal does not remove your protection, that is why people do not instal automated gun turrets that shoot anyone trespassing on their property.... there is something called "appropriate response".
(actually a guy got to jail for having killer bees as his security system and them killing a theif in his house...) |
I've never denied being a bastard. I personally would love it if there was a way to destroy all pirates computers and I absolutely loved it when MS made that update that bricked peoples modded 360's.
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Yeah, but it's a 360, not a multi-purpose computer... If a MS firmware can brick a modded gaming console, that's fine (and i'm shure that was consulted with their lawyers to make it bulletproof, unless there's a loophole they did their job well), but when your company ruins hard drives that have different stuff out of your jurisdiction, then you're in serious trouble, especially if these people have work stuff in there...
I myself am a computer systems analyst, designer and developer (and now i'm learning game development), and when i start my company, i will talk to my lawyers about what can i do and what i can't do about this issue, because if i have to choose between losing sales due to piracy and being sued for millions (and losing sales because of the bad publicity), i will choose the first one...
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Nobody is forcing you to risk your computer and everything on it when you pirate. You're the one putting all that information at risk, don't try to shift around blame.
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Hey, i'm not talking about moral issues here, i'm talking about LEGAL issues, you're the one that put bad code, it wasn't like a cracker outside the company did it (like the spyware in some pirated versions of Windows, they can't proove it was MS), but if you admit that you put that bad code, no matter what was the purpose, you'll lose millions in a settlement or in court, you choose...
