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That doesn’t always happen in court. Indeed the FBI will confiscate your electronics but after their investigation they might decide to press charges or not. I
by lifty 6y ago
That doesn’t always happen in court. Indeed the FBI will confiscate your electronics but after their investigation they might decide to press charges or not. I am curious if this situation was tested in court before: storing encrypted files as part of a p2p network, without having the ability to know what’s inside those files. If you are automatically liable for the contents of the files you store, even if they are encrypted and you have no awareness of what’s inside, then it would make p2p networks close to impossible. I would then also wonder how a provider like AWS can have safe harbor, while an individual wouldn’t.
- boring_twenties 6y ago> they might decide to press charges or not Exactly. In your initial post, you claimed it was a foregone conclusion that they would decline to press charges. And I don't know about you, but having my electronics confiscated for an indeterminate length of time would be more than bad enough. How are you even going to pay your attorney, if you can't do your job without a computer? I'm pretty sure that in the end, you wouldn't be liable. But you might have to prove it. For example, it's perfectly legal to run a Tor exit node in the US. It's still strongly advised that you don't do it from your home, however.