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Old 04-27-2015, 03:18 PM   #145
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
I think you perhaps underestimate the number of security holes in the average consumer's home computers & network. I think it's more than a tad harsh to hold an ebook purchaser liable to sanction because their network security expertise is a bit lacking.

Do you really think that criminal negligence and deliberate action are the only two possibilities for someone's ebooks "getting out there"?

/JB
I think you perhaps overestimate the likelihood that any malicious individual with the expertise to remotely access all your files is primarily concerned with uploading your ebook library to the darknet.

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Originally Posted by PandathePanda View Post
So using your analogy, one should be guilty when your car gets stolen and used in a crime or murder?
If I thought it was exceedingly unlikely that your car could be stolen without your negligence and that your car directly enabled the thief to commit a crime/murder, or that the presence of your car was viable proof that you committed the crime, neither of which are the case, then absolutely.

Please stop being orthogonal.
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