Re:MS Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug
by jerf on Sunday September 12, 2010 @08:50PM
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"No, it is not criminal, it is an essential component of ensuring security in lost devices."
You say that as if that is some sort of an argument. But there is no actual law or force in the universe that says that necessary steps to do something that you consider "securing your network" will therefore automatically not be "criminal". In fact once you start trying to think of what criminal activities someone might take in the name of "securing their network" it isn't that hard to come up with a very long list.
Something does not become legal merely because you have an excuse!
(Note I'm not saying this is illegal or not. That would take careful analysis of the law and probably a detailed specification of what jurisdiction we're talking about and the precise details of a specific hypothetical since it almost certainly goes both ways, depending. I'm just claiming the argument doesn't make much sense.)
You say that as if that is some sort of an argument. But there is no actual law or force in the universe that says that necessary steps to do something that you consider "securing your network" will therefore automatically not be "criminal". In fact once you start trying to think of what criminal activities someone might take in the name of "securing their network" it isn't that hard to come up with a very long list.
Something does not become legal merely because you have an excuse!
(Note I'm not saying this is illegal or not. That would take careful analysis of the law and probably a detailed specification of what jurisdiction we're talking about and the precise details of a specific hypothetical since it almost certainly goes both ways, depending. I'm just claiming the argument doesn't make much sense.)