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Arrested for Planting Spyware on College Compus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the serves-him-right dept.

AndrewM1 writes "In what may serve as a cautionary tale for people who use computers in public areas, Douglas Boudreau allegedly installed keystroke-monitoring software on more than 100 computers at Boston College and then watched as thousands of people sent e-mail, downloaded files and banked online. He then stole $2000 with the information he gleamed."

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  1. You laugh by ACNiel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But this is a natural consequence of RMS's philosophy.

    Who decides what is private, what should remain private, and what is public information that wants to be free.

    Knowing your banking records might make my job as a prosecutor easier. That should be public informations. Knowing that you are courting someone else would allow me not to make a fool out of myself by asking you out, so that should be public information.

    this isn't funny, as much as it points to the failure of RMS's thinking. Is he going to be the one that draws the definitive lines?