Monday, August 20, 2001

Anything you code can and will be used against you ... It looks like the now-infamous case of until recently jailed Russian software developer Dmitry Sklyarov was just the beginning of a broader trend to cast IT professionals in the role of info cop. Software developers like Sklyarov and even help desk and system administration workers, it appears, are being deputized to enforce ill-conceived laws aimed at perceived Web-borne threats to society.

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