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Spyware Maker Indicted on Hacking Charges

Posted by Zonk on from the consider-what-you-code dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting that Carlos Enrique Perez Melara, the author of an investigative tool called 'Lover Spy,' has been indicted on 35 counts of federal hacking violations. This begs the question: if you develop and sell a software product, are you responsible for what your users choose to do with it?" From the article: "Perez, a native of El Salvador, probably is in the Los Angeles area, said Stewart Roberts, the second highest-ranking agent at the San Diego FBI office. Crime Stoppers has offered a $1,000 reward. Perez is charged with 35 crimes, each of which carries a potential five-year prison sentence if he is convicted. "

10 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. reward by zephc · · Score: 3, Funny

    a $1000 reward for a guy wanted on 35 counts? Cheepskates! Add a couple zeros to the back and I'll drag the guy in myself.

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  2. I'll bring him in for free... by EtherAlchemist · · Score: 2, Funny


    and we'll call it even ;)

    I mean, my friend says he'll bring the guy in and he and the feds can call it even...

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  3. Re:I think you mean... by value_added · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't hardly believe that.

  4. Re:try again... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That begs the question of where you found that information.

  5. Re:I think you mean... by Slur · · Score: 2, Funny

    Frankly, I could care less.

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  6. Re:I think you mean... by seanadams.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...it "raises" the question. "Begging the question" is something else completely, and you're not doing it.

    Irregardless, there's a whole nother argument that English should be allowed to transmorph as new usage becomes common. In this case the new meaning of "Begging the question" seems cromulent enough.

    How do you think we got this language in the first place? Perhaps you'd prefer French. However, even they have blue jeans and 'ot dogs now...

  7. Re:I think you mean... by hunterx11 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like, just cuz ppl srsly use English in non-formal ways doesn't mean that there ain't no standards for something like news. There's a difference between believing in prescriptive grammar, and believing in using the right tool for the right job.

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    English is easier said than done.
  8. Re:true, true and irrelevant by Soruk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, cool refers to temperature. It really bothers me when people use it only for style.

    Too right. When asked if someone was hot, the only answer I could give was that I hadn't had the opportunity to take her temperature.

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  9. Re:I think you mean... by The+Dark · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hear that noise? Thats the sounds of the joke rushing over your head. The use of the word "cromulent" should have tipped you off.

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  10. Operating systems by Pixelmixer · · Score: 2, Funny
    This begs the question: if you develop and sell a software product, are you responsible for what your users choose to do with it?"
    How many hackers use M$ or Comercial Linux Operating systems... should then that company, whether it be M$ or someone else, be charged with all the Pornography and hacking charges against people who happend to be using that system??
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    "What happend to just paying for a product without being constantly nibbled to death by Credit Card Ducks?"