In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Sebastian G.
<seppi@seppig.de>
wrote
on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:46:26 +0100
<638f6cF26fso2U1@mid.dfncis.de>:
> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Sebastian G.
>> <seppi@seppig.de>
>> wrote
>> on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:46:40 +0100
>> <6384laF26l55mU1@mid.dfncis.de>:
>>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> They do it because they can.
>>>>> They don't do it because they can't.
>>>> Do you ever get out??
>>>> Just because you personally haven't gotten harassed by the government
>>>> doesn't mean they aren't watching you.
>>>
>>> No. You were claiming that they're accessing people's computers
>>> at the time, by an included backdoor. And that's obviously nonsense.
>>
>> Not as obvious as one might think.
>
>
> None of the things you mentioned gives any evidence that such a thing is
> happening.

Wasn't me in any event. ;-) And I don't use BitTorrent anyway.

>
> > I'd have to look to see how BitTorrent works but my understanding is that
> > a daemon uses surplus bandwidth, for example.
>
> Which is an obvious instance of the reasons why one
> shouldn't use untrusted software.

Agreed. Of course not everyone is competent to vet software.

> The BitTorrent client from Bram Cohen became untrustworthy
> when he decided to cooperate with the media mafia.
>

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