RE: [cobalt-users] where's the list; and, have I been hacked?

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Quite likely.  But that doesn't mean it's ok.  The end does not
> justify the
> means.

As a guess, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act they may be required
to get in and remove material as root user. It's their box and their network
so they may be held responsible for DMCA violations when someone looks up
the IP of a site that has stolen material.

> When security and sensitive data are concerns of server
> admins, site
> owners and website users, backdoors are something should be disclosed
> upfront.

It's probably in the fine print of the contract.

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Dan Kriwitsky