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> only the U.S Government wasn't a customer Are we going to start pretending the identity of the customer or employer doesn't matter? It's accepted practice fo
by doktrin 9y ago
> only the U.S Government wasn't a customer
Are we going to start pretending the identity of the customer or employer doesn't matter? It's accepted practice for the government to have a monopoly on certain goods & services.
- nawtacawp 9y agoIt boils down to what Mr. Hutchins thought the buyers were going to do with the malware. Were they going to use it for malicious purposes or was it for educational use? If Mr. Hutchins was selling malware to the U.S. Government, then his thought would more likely be it was to be used for malicious purposes. i.e espionage. However, this is not illegal -- but the other is?
- doktrin 9y agoThere are some things you can only sell to certain customers. All of those things could, in theory, be used for "educational" purposes. I can't legally manufacture & sell anthrax to my neighbor even if he swears on a bible that he only intends to study it.