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Is the person publishing this liable or just their source? Because this seems to be a hobby for the person publishing it and yet they also aren't concealing the
by gabcoh 6y ago
Is the person publishing this liable or just their source? Because this seems to be a hobby for the person publishing it and yet they also aren't concealing their identity. They list their former employer on their website.
- 21eleven 6y agoIs the person publishing it or are they linking people to a place where it is published?
- jpxw 6y agoIt seems that they are the ones publishing it, from the wording of the tweets.
- kmeisthax 6y agoMisappropriating trade secrets for financial gain is a punishable offense, and this data would qualify as a trade secret, at least for as long as it's not general knowledge to everyone or it has yet to be reverse-engineered. Aside from that, much of the data in these files has standard copyright and patent concerns.
- pizza 6y agoOK then, out of curiosity, what are the relevant laws being broken here?
- formerly_proven 6y agoCopyright infringement probably works for them.
- gilgoomesh 6y agoWire fraud and, trade secrets acts are the two that are usually applied in these cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_and_wire_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defend_Trade_Secrets_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defend_Trade_Secrets_Act
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- Nasrudith 6y agoWouldn't financial gain limit it to essentially their competitors? Which renders that part irrelevant and is kind of a "no shit" to anyone actually working in processors not to include their stuff in there.
- sroussey 6y agoAlso: financial damage
- whydoyoucare 6y agoMore likely the person publishing this isn't aware of the far reaching consequences.
- jki275 6y agoYou should look up Till Kottman's other work. Very aware.