anti-pirate vigilantes

March 19, 2004

Type: discussion

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid/03/19/0211207
"From SecurityFocus comes news that a pair of coders
with a deep hatred of software pirates have gone
public with a months-old experiment to trick file
sharers into running custom spyware they wrote that
scolds users and phones home to a server. They
circulated the program disguised as sought-after
downloads like Unreal Tournament 2004 and Microsoft
source code, and they have a website that updates in
real time whever someone executes it. They've logged
IP addresses for over 12,000 'pirates' since January.
The EFF says the vigilantes may be committing a crime."

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