How to Handle ISPs Who Turn a Blind Eye to Criminal Activity?

Fri Oct 12 17:58:10 UTC 2007

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Paul Ferguson wrote:
>> The most obvious answer is: Gather evidence, contact law
>> enforcement.
>
> Other than being provactively phrased, its often the same reason:
>
> e.g. what about anti-virus vendors who turn a blind eye to criminal activity 
> by poor detection to new/old viruses, what about law enforcement who turn a 
> blind eye to criminal activity by poor response to new/old scams, what about 
> software programmers who turn a blind eye to criminal activity by poor 
> response to new/old bugs, what about banks who turn a blind eye to criminal 
> activity by poor response to new/old reports of
> fraud, etc.
>
> Law enforcement, security vendors, abuse departments try to move as fast
> as they can for as many cases as they can.  Yes, there are some bad cops, bad 
> security venders, bad abuse departments; but there are also a lot of
> people who are trying to help as many people as possible.

For once, we are not talking about what good guys can do better, but about 
criminals.

> And without knowing the full story, its sometimes difficult to figure
> out what is reallying happening:
> <http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-908647.html>
>