Brazilian Government Intranet Packed Full of Warez

Luiz writes "TorrentFreak has an hilarious report: 'Since 2005, a Brazilian senator has been pushing for tough new "cybercrime" legislation which would include measures against file-sharing. However, before thinking of unleashing new laws on the public, the government should look closer to home, since the senate's intranet is loaded with an impressive amount of warez.'"

Surprised?

[EkriirkE]

Anti pedophilia leaders are heavy pedophiles themselves. Anti gay legislators are closeted raging homosexuals.

Positions of power are "Do as I say, not as I do."

!surprising

[tecnico.hitos]

I Am Not A Statistician, but I Am A Brazilian and I'd say 90% of every software in Brazil is either pre-installed or warez. Or pre-installed warez depending on where you buy your PC.

On the other side Brazil's government is working (slowly but steadily) on a transition to FLOSS.

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[Abreu]

Same here in Mexico... And I would assume its the same all over the developing world

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[keeboo]

I Am Not A Statistician, but I Am A Brazilian and I'd say 90% of every software in Brazil is either pre-installed or warez. Or pre-installed warez depending on where you buy your PC.

That's possible. Though the computers you buy in the supermarkets come with a legitimate Windows license.

On the other side Brazil's government is working (slowly but steadily) on a transition to FLOSS.

Well, sort of.

The truth is the federal gov't is doing pretty much nothing about FOSS (unless you count empty rethoric as "doing something").
Basically, all about FOSS inside the federal administration sphere has been pushed through independent initiatives inside the administration, with no special help nor federal-wide strategy.

Our president and his party, while in their pre-power oppositio

US Senate, anyone?

[h00manist]

I'd love to see what happens on the computers of various other "prestigious" network owners, too.