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[Discuss] why don't web hosts scan their sites?



Their servers are serving malware.  A lot of it I bet.  I also bet in
their user agreement says you can't do that.  Couldn't they use this
as a reason?  They would be doing us all a favor.

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> As a more serious take on the topic, hosting providers are -- or are
> supposed to be -- common carriers. They can't scan users' content. If they
> did that then they'd cease being common carriers and they'd lose their safe
> harbor and Good Samaritan protections.
>
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> Rich P.
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