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Comment by shevy-java

8 hours ago

The question is whether you find it ok that the FBI comes sniffing after you. Personally I don't find it ok at all. I don't see any of that as a crime either. The legislation is clearly written by corporations and lobbyists acting as lawyers. That's another reason why I think open source is preferrable - that way they are replaced indirectly by not depending on them in the first place, meaning, as a trade-off towards how the society is currently structured. Hopefully it will become more sane again in the future. Back then, though, say in the 1990s or early 2000s, the "vibe" of warez also was "look how great ILLEGAL can be".

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enneff  6 hours ago

You don’t think it should be illegal to hack a telecom network and take control of it?

  • ExoticPearTree  4 hours ago

    Nope. It means the people running it did not do a good job configuring and securing it.

    • dxdm  10 minutes ago

      Since you mentioned it below several responses to this comment: Why do you think this is okay for software, but not okay in the "physical world"?

      Is it about a perceived lack of consequences of the one vs the other? What if the hack caused real damage and suffering? For example, people's medical histories get stolen and exposed? Ransomware encrypts hospital systems, disrupting medical care?

      Or, the inverse: while you're away, somebody breaks into your home non-destructively, takes some photos, sleeps on your couch, and leaves. Should that be forbidden? Your fault for allowing it? It is easier to pull something like this in the digital world, is that why it seems different to you?

    • shitloadofbooks  3 hours ago

      So if you steal something it means the owner didn’t do a good job securing it and if you murder someone they didn’t do a good job protecting themselves?

      What an absurd world view.

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    • lukan  2 hours ago

      So you would be fine with someone clearing out your house, while you were away?

      There is no door, that cannot be opened with enough effort. Part of what stops people trying, is the fear of consequences.

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    • rapidaneurism  3 hours ago

      And most people do not have guards and dogs walking around the perimeter, but we still blame the burglars for breaking in their houses.

    • enneff  2 hours ago

      Maybe you should think through the consequences of living in a society where anything a person can do is allowed lmao