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Most viruses back then travelled through infected executables on diskettes and CDs.

Many Win 95 computers had only sporadic net access or none at all.

Modern linux security thinking is that any sort of code running inevitably leads to root privilege.

Put another way, any user can become root through privilege escalation, so access control is pointless, since any untrusted user can take over the machine.

The real unit of security is the whole OS (VM), not its internal user boundaries.

Ctrl+W... Alt+F4...

And if you look at those strict liability violations, it's stuff like filing required forms and reports by financial officers, not what we were talking about.

> When it comes to being charged with fraud, demonstrating that the defendant lacked the intent to commit a crime (i.e. that he or she acted in good faith) is a key defense because, in order to convict the defendant, the prosecutor needs to prove that he or she had fraudulent intent.

https://www.baezlawfirm.com/two-recent-cases-highlight-impor...

> U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Securities Fraud Suits Must Be Dismissed Unless Plaintiffs Plead Fact Establishing a "Cogent and Compelling Inference" of Fraudulent Intent

https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2007/07/us-supreme-cour...

Good point, an article on a news site should be required.

Simulacrum, simulacra, ...

How can a regular non-executive employee be guilty of a SEC violation, for something like this?

If I'm a Tesla employee and I make a fake image about a future Tesla airplane, is that a SEC violation?