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Originally posted by Hooper
my money says they'll agree not to do it anymore and that'll be the end of that.
there's nothing illegal about messaging people, there's also nothing illegal about selling a cure to a problem.
now if they had CREATED the exploit (e.g. hacked people's systems in some way) it would be a different story, but all they did was the equivalent of leaving ads for fences with locks on peoples doors.
Good for them.
I also hate to point out that this FTC method is just one more way of driving business offshore.
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Do you think hacking should be legal?
If these guys were using an exploit in the operating system, then what is the difference between them and someone who hacks a server but doesn't do any harm?
If someone leaves their door unlocked, you can't legally walk inside and put ads all over their house.