Comment Re:Constitutional rights? (Score 1) 503
The icons on his desktop (o, o.bat, and some executables whose names I forget) were part of a CoolWebSearch infestation. ... One of the packages it had downloaded was WhenU. ... These guys have just as much right to forcefully install advertising software on my computer as I have to break into your house and paint "visit slashdot.org" on your wall. Which is to say, none.
But if you did so, who should be subject to a lawsuit -- you or Slashdot?
Shouldn't the law target the developer who exploited the MSIE bug to get the software installed, rather than the company behind one of the installed products?
