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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Timothe Litt's comments "hit the nail
on the head" with his first sentence in which he writes:<br>
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On 08/07/2014 12:02 PM, Timothe Litt wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">If you read the comments, you'll note
that they didn't even get the 'take-over' right.<br>
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Forget for a moment the contentious issue of whether or not this was
the right way to attach the problem. Clearly it was not. BUT, and
this is a very big but, when the case for "doing something quick"
is typically put before the judicial system, the judicial system
only has (hopefully it has) the capacity to determine if the
"something", both grounds and proposed solution, are warranted under
the law. What the judicial system does not have is the capacity to
assess the ability of the petitioner (police?, MicroSoft?, who is
legit here?) to do the something correctly, with the intended
effect, and without unintended collateral damage. <br>
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This is not a small problem. It is a big problem. Suppose the police
thought there was an illegal marijuana "grow op" in your
neighborhood, based on electricity load data, and the courts gave
them permission to selectively turn off the power to every abnormal
user. They may interrupt the grow op, but they may also turn off
medical devices and the like. <br>
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There are two big problems here. The first it what should be subject
to judicial authorization. The second is what criteria (or
credentials) are used to determine who has the proper capacity to
act. In a criminal case if the courts give permission to search a
premises they don't give that permission to the postal deliver
person, or the lawn care company, it goes to the police.<br>
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There are two problems here. <br>
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Sam L.<br>
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