Palindrome wrote:
> judith wrote:
>> Sue has raised the question in another thread :
>> someone goes looking for warez software and downloads
>> files named "XP-Hack.exe" but, unnknowingly are actually
>> self-extracting files of kp images - guilty of creating kp images,
>> or not?
>>
>> I have also wondered what does one do in these circumstances - a
>> friend of mine said that he had received some near to the mark images
>> in a spam e-mail for . - what should he do?
>>
>> I must admit I did not know: I told him to document exactly what had
>> happened. Save all of the e-mail including headers - excluding the
>> images. Outline describe what the images were in a document to be
>> kept on his machine - and to delete the original. Also to send
>> e-mails to a number of friends saying what had happened and "warning"
>> them not to open the e-mail if they themselves received it; - not
>> just as a warning but a further "documentation" of what had happened.
>>
>> Any views - better ideas?
>
> If I gave a damn about ending up on the SOR and having a conviction
> for creating kp:
>
> Save any recent unbacked-up files and emails (excluding that one) and
> settings. Fit a replacement hard disk and restore the system using
> backups to the point it was at before the illegal material arrived.
>
> Depending on the value of the old hard disk, either stick it under the
> bench drill or wipe it using at least two different secure erase
> methods.
> And that's what I would do - as an individual who probably doesn't fit
> any known kp enthusiast profile. The risk might be minimal - but the
> effect on my life would be devastating.
Remind me, please: are you a supporter of the current legal position ?
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