The record industry is quietly financing the testing of software designed to sabotage the computers and internet connections of copyright offenders. This New York Times report published over the weekend claims the various counter-measures being worked on have "varying degrees of legality" and are more extreme than any tactics the RIAA has focused on in the past (such as publishing bogus files or sending instant messages). Among the nasty software being tested are programs that can freeze your PC, attempt to delete any pirated files on your PC, and even one that via "interdiction" could choke your internet connection.