Comment by munk-a
4 days ago
Gross negligence can stand in for intent. I believe a rather compelling case could be developed on the basis that a system believed to be capable of this was developed and improperly secured.
4 days ago
Gross negligence can stand in for intent. I believe a rather compelling case could be developed on the basis that a system believed to be capable of this was developed and improperly secured.
But what’s the crime? The thing got out of its poorly secured cage and caused what damage? Imagine instead of an agent it was a dog or a chimpanzee that got into the neighbor’s yard and the particular neighbor isn’t even pissed about it.
Aaron Schwartz was being prosecuted and threatened with 35 years in jail for the crime of saving research papers to a thumb drive. What damage did he cause?