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> it is a paradox to think a "murdering chef knife" can be discriminated from a "cooking chef knife" when the manufacturer creates it. You can certainly market

> it is a paradox to think a "murdering chef knife" can be discriminated from a "cooking chef knife" when the manufacturer creates it. You can certainly market your knives with an intention. You can study which knives "murder" best, and not study which knives are best for cooking. I agree that this should be a harder bar to prove, but I don't think it's paradoxical to say it can be done. > it is absurd to think the developer will know which it is. True, the developer won't "know" for any given instance. But it is NOT absurd to think the developer will be trying for one or the other, perfecting it for that purpose (with intent), and marketing it for that purpose, nor is it absurd that such an intent could be reasonably proven. (Not ABSOLUTELY proven, but reasonably)

grawprog 7y ago
>You can certainly market your knives with an intention. You can study which knives "murder" best, and not study which knives are best for cooking. But there's also no law against selling knives designed for murdering people in many places. I mean I can walk into a store and walk out with a katana or a long sword or something. You're not supposed to use them for killing people, but that's literally the reason why they were invented. I don't want to say for sure, but I pretty sure the katana manufacturer is still not going to be liable if I go and hack someone up with my katana.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  I'd be willing to bet that an overwhelming majority of swords produced today are intended for display or ceremonial purposes. This is likely to lend render the manufacturer immune to any legal action.
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago
  A katana can be (and usually is) used as a display piece. The FCC is saying (not unreasonably) that these apps aren't really suited for anything but illegally stalking people. They claim to be for legitimate tracking, but they made design decisions that clearly disagree with that. There's not really a direct analogy there (an...invisible katana?), but I think the difference is clear.
  - bendbro 7y ago
    What design decisions? If I wanted to track my child with their phone, or track my phone in case it was stolen, what design decisions would differ from those use cases and the stalker use case?
    - PhasmaFelis 7y ago
      If you just want to locate your phone, or your child's, or your employee's company phone, you can use Apple's or Google's built-in tracking; a third-party app is unnecessary. If you want to directly monitor a child's or employee's usage, and/or restrict them from some sites/apps/settings, you probably want a parental/employer control app that doesn't compromise the phone to hide itself. Have you read the article? These apps require you to disable important security measures on the target phone, leaving it vulnerable to attack, in order to hide the app from the user. There's no legitimate use case for that.
- comex 7y ago
  Many US states and other jurisdictions do have laws banning certain types of knives; the laws tend to focus on modern weapons like switchblades, but can extend to katanas. [1] To the extent they are allowed – and this also goes for their more dangerous cousin, guns – it’s largely because there is a legitimate use case for attacking someone with a lethal weapon: self-defense. No such use case exists for a spying app. [1] https://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/are-katana-illegal.html https://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/are-katana-illegal.html

grawprog 7y ago

>You can certainly market your knives with an intention. You can study which knives "murder" best, and not study which knives are best for cooking. But there's also no law against selling knives designed for murdering people in many places. I mean I can walk into a store and walk out with a katana or a long sword or something. You're not supposed to use them for killing people, but that's literally the reason why they were invented. I don't want to say for sure, but I pretty sure the katana manufacturer is still not going to be liable if I go and hack someone up with my katana.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
I'd be willing to bet that an overwhelming majority of swords produced today are intended for display or ceremonial purposes. This is likely to lend render the manufacturer immune to any legal action.
PhasmaFelis 7y ago
A katana can be (and usually is) used as a display piece. The FCC is saying (not unreasonably) that these apps aren't really suited for anything but illegally stalking people. They claim to be for legitimate tracking, but they made design decisions that clearly disagree with that. There's not really a direct analogy there (an...invisible katana?), but I think the difference is clear.
- bendbro 7y ago
  What design decisions? If I wanted to track my child with their phone, or track my phone in case it was stolen, what design decisions would differ from those use cases and the stalker use case?
  - PhasmaFelis 7y ago
    If you just want to locate your phone, or your child's, or your employee's company phone, you can use Apple's or Google's built-in tracking; a third-party app is unnecessary. If you want to directly monitor a child's or employee's usage, and/or restrict them from some sites/apps/settings, you probably want a parental/employer control app that doesn't compromise the phone to hide itself. Have you read the article? These apps require you to disable important security measures on the target phone, leaving it vulnerable to attack, in order to hide the app from the user. There's no legitimate use case for that.
comex 7y ago
Many US states and other jurisdictions do have laws banning certain types of knives; the laws tend to focus on modern weapons like switchblades, but can extend to katanas. [1] To the extent they are allowed – and this also goes for their more dangerous cousin, guns – it’s largely because there is a legitimate use case for attacking someone with a lethal weapon: self-defense. No such use case exists for a spying app. [1] https://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/are-katana-illegal.html https://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/are-katana-illegal.html