Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> BBC botnet 'public interest' defence rubbished by top IT lawyer
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>| The BBC's argument that "public interest" justified its purchase and use of a
>| botnet in a controversial experiment is little better than vigilantism,
>| according to a top IT lawyer.
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/18/bbc_botnet/
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> BBC's botnet broadcast backfires
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> http://www.itworldcanada.com//Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-18f1a999-a3bb-4840-8974-3853eb295c13&RSS=1&UID=A99A1FC1-1693-4D52-ABEA-84C07CB6AA4B
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There was a long piece on yesterday's PM programme (Radio 4), with a
"security expert" discussing a worm which was expected to do something
nasty on All Fools' Day. Again, though, we have no mention of Windows,
which seems odd on the 1st of April.
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