Was it arrogant for the United States to go to war with the Nazi's even though the Jew's didn't ask for help (which they may have, but the hypothetical idea still works)? Or how about the genocide in Rwanda? Or Darfur?
The point is action should not be based on a request for help, but rather whether or not the act is moral.
And if the Chinese people have any ideas about how to stop the NSA from spying on me, I'd be very happy to listen.
To this day, we don't know if this person was using the number by mistake, or maliciously, or as an illegal immigrant... we just don't know.
Just for the record, the Social Security Administration is known to make the occasional mistake of issuing identical SSNs. It's pretty rare, but that may have been what happened in your sister's case.
Any bets on when M$ issues a statement that a 'rogue programmer' put this code in, and disaavow any knowledge or responsibility?
I doubt it. There is no way to prove that it was intentional without seeing the source, so it makes more sense for Microsoft to just patch it and make no comment concerning its origins.
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Techdirt puts this article into nice perspective.
Was it arrogant for the United States to go to war with the Nazi's even though the Jew's didn't ask for help (which they may have, but the hypothetical idea still works)? Or how about the genocide in Rwanda? Or Darfur? The point is action should not be based on a request for help, but rather whether or not the act is moral. And if the Chinese people have any ideas about how to stop the NSA from spying on me, I'd be very happy to listen.
Since the article didn't mention it, it might be good to point out that the first in the series starts tommorrow.
I doubt it. There is no way to prove that it was intentional without seeing the source, so it makes more sense for Microsoft to just patch it and make no comment concerning its origins.