one-to-many messaging

Richard Clayton ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:53:27 +0100


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In article <47F9E4B5.2070006@callnetuk.com>, PeteM <otcbn@callnetuk.com>
writes

>You may be right that phishing or viral spam is intended to damage your 
>machine and that the perpetrators (the ones with intent anyway) are 
>therefore committing an offence under CMA. However that doesn't mean 
>"no-one cares"; it just means we can't prosecute them under CMA, since 
>they are usually outside UK jurisdiction.

The CMA is written in such a way that an offence is committed if either
end point is in the UK -- however, if you mean that you cannot prosecute
them if you can't get them into the dock, then correct.

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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