1995-09-08 - [NOISE] Re: Are booby-trapped computers legal?

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
To: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
Message Hash: 5037a6665dd5e8b3af226326e0f5c050d56a33461078e26ac624ad529717f93d
Message ID: <199509081610.JAA08664@ix5.ix.netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-08 16:11:00 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 09:11:00 PDT

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 09:11:00 PDT
To: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
Subject: [NOISE] Re: Are booby-trapped computers legal?
Message-ID: <199509081610.JAA08664@ix5.ix.netcom.com>
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At 04:52 PM 9/7/95 -0400, you wrote:
>I am pretty sure that it is lawful to use deadly force to protect 
>property, in New Mexico.

It's legal everywhere in the US - just some places make you contract
out the dirty work to guys in blue suits...

I agree with Sandy's comment that it makes much more sense to have
any boobytraps designed to destroy data, rather than kill intruders.
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