Microsoft Tries to Pull Material off Slashdot
from the more-questions dept
I'm sure all the Slashdot readers already know about this one, but it's worth posting anyway. It seems that Microsoft has asked Slashdot to remove some postings which they say contains confidential information. Slashdot has been trying to figure out what to do. Of course, once the information is out, it's going to be hard to take it away again. This is definitely another tricky legal question. How do people feel about this? Is Microsoft just being pushy, or do they have a real claim here?
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Quick and easy fix.
Two. Kill the user's accounts. Tough....
Three. Some of them were ACs, and ..well...hell. Give their IP to MS. I know it is BAD for them to get this info, but ...people know better then to post MissionImpossiable info.
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