Cory Doctorow, founder of Boing Boing, says he doesn't have a problem in principle with the automated network defense systems that guard the Internet against malware, spamigation bots, and other network nasties. However, in his article "The Future of Internet Immune Systems," he bemoans the problems caused by "Internet autoimmune disorder" — where the network defenses designed to block network attacks are automated and instantaneous, but the systems in place to reverse erroneous lockdowns are manual and unresponsive."

Link to The Future of Internet Immune Systems:
http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=479&doc_id=139358&