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It's about freedom to tinker, It is wrong to seize some hackers computers and sue him because he was able to figure out how a device he owned worked. I don't w
by maeon3 16y ago
It's about freedom to tinker, It is wrong to seize some hackers computers and sue him because he was able to figure out how a device he owned worked.
I don't want to live in a world where I become a criminal for even attempting to figure out how MY stuff works.
- dools 16y agoWell, in practice you only get prosecuted if you publish your results on the internet. This guy could have figured out how his stuff works all he wants, and even shown his friends, with impugnity.
- pyre 16y agoThat may be, but selectively enforced laws are evil by their very nature.
- atomical 16y agoYou conceded your argument but received more upvotes than the other person. Uh?
- pyre 16y agoI didn't concede my point. Selectively enforced laws are intrinsically evil. Just because they aren't being applied to evil purposes right now is irrelevant. A gun is designed to kill people, and I can't argue against that fact by claiming that at present guns are only used to crack nuts open with their handles. Just because a gun isn't being used to kill people right now does nothing to make it any less deadly.
- mmt 16y agoif you publish your results on the internet. This is also evil in and of itself, running afoul of free speech rights.