Last week’s article discussed the plight of computer users who don’t bother to read the End User License Agreement (EULA) contracts that they sign. That box full of legal mumbo-jumbo that pops up when you use or install a computer program for the first time, to which...
Back in the 1980s and early 90s I watched many episodes of the first widely popular American “judge” TV show, The People’s Court. In a courtroom setting limited to handling small claims cases, folks would bring their legal complaints before the always firm-but-fair...
Those who remember their Shakespeare may recall the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth, hallucinating the blood stains of a murdered Scottish King Duncan on her hands, and crying, “Out, damn’d spot! Out, I say!” Similarly, in trying to cover up their attempts to murder the...
According to FBI estimates, the most common computer crime is identity theft. The second most common crime: laptop computer theft, with around 2 million laptop computers reported stolen every year. 97% of these laptops are never recovered. The value of the information...