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From: wolfe@wolves.uucp (G. Wolfe Woodbury)
Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology
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Date: 13 Aug 90 22:58:37 GMT
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In <KG35QC8@ggpc2.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>
>Actually, the guy who did the first virus would probably qualify as a hacker.
>It was a cool hack as a new idea. Same with the guy who cam eup with the first
>copy protector, and the first guy to crack it.
>
>But there's no point in doing the same thing over and over again...

In one very real sense, the progeny of that first "virus" program that
retained control of the machine despite other programs using the
hardware IS STILL WITH US TO THIS VERY DAY!

Just think about what an operating system or monitor really does.
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