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Subject: Heads up. Computer intrusions following visiting here.

verb opened this issue on Mar 25, 2001 ยท 12 posts


verb posted Sun, 25 March 2001 at 8:27 PM

Just a heads up every one. Norton just found something new installing a back door on my system after visiting 3D commune and here. It wasn't there the day before. I don't think any important data was compromised but you never can tell. Seems a firewall is a must. In any case I'm gone. Later. To the responsible party I'll just quote from the Data Docters site; "Anyone considering the e-mail wiretap as a snooping tool should think twice: the potential civil and criminal penalties are severe. According to Philip Gordon of the Privacy Foundation, the Federal Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-20, outlaws the interception of email content without the consent of at least one party to the communication. The Act also prohibits the use or disclosure of the fruits of an interception by anyone who knows that the interception itself was done without the consent of either party to the communication. Violators of these prohibitions are at risk of liability for minimum damages in a civil suit of $10,000 and criminal penalties ranging as high as five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for individuals and $500,000 for corporations."