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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability
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In article <3D0DE268.2000207@mail.com>, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> AG wrote:
>> Well, to continue the car similarity from another post - sure, any type of
>> a car tyre may and will blow up now and then. The question is - was it
>> faulty to beging with?  Was there a better alternative? Did the manufacurer
>> take a due care? As a number of recent successful law-suits show, the legal
>> opinion seems to be not in your favour...
> 
> But hacker attacks are more like someone slashing tires,
> or perhaps taking a car meant for normal highway use and
> driving it for thousands of miles over rough terrain.

Many hacker attacks are akin to thieves hot-wiring a car and taking it
for a joy ride.   I believe the US has standards regarding how good the
locks must be on cars.  I know my state has a law forbidding the motorist
to leave the keys in the ignition.