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The Blue Screen of Felony Convictions

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 9, 2007

“Recently on this blog, I wrote You Have the Right to Read Your
Accuser. In this, I argued that any software with substantial risk
to harm your life or liberty must be open source. I specifically
mentioned some breathalyzer software that people were fighting to
see the source code of. Though the Florida legislature and many
regional prosecutors obviously feel that the breathalyzer company’s
rights were more important the individual rights, the New Jersey
Supreme Court ordered that source code to a popular breathalyzer be
revealed. The results, if you’ll pardon the pun, are
breathtaking…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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