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This clause establishes a use restriction that protects AWS infrastructure and other users' systems from malicious code propagation. It reflects AWS's operational requirement to maintain service integrity and prevent harm to connected systems and networks.
Users are contractually prohibited from using AWS Services as a distribution mechanism for malicious code. Violations of this restriction create potential liability under the AWS Acceptable Use Policy and may trigger service suspension or termination.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"You may not use the Services to transmit, distribute, or store any content that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files, ransomware, or any other malicious or destructive code that may affect the operation of another's computer or network.— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy
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This clause establishes a use restriction that protects AWS infrastructure and other users' systems from malicious code propagation. It reflects AWS's operational requirement to maintain service integrity and prevent harm to connected systems and networks.
Users are contractually prohibited from using AWS Services as a distribution mechanism for malicious code. Violations of this restriction create potential liability under the AWS Acceptable Use Policy and may trigger service suspension or termination.
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