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cURL could be used to download pornography. Think of the children!
by perardi 6y ago
cURL could be used to download pornography. Think of the children!
- azinman2 6y agoIt’s about primary purpose.
- teej 6y agoYou could make a case that the primary purpose of the internet is to download porn.
- marv3lls 6y agoAvenue Q already has! https://youtu.be/kV7ou6pl5wU https://youtu.be/kV7ou6pl5wU
- fche 6y ago"purpose" this is the "inverse teleological fallacy", q.v.
- korijn 6y agoIn that case, let's see what we can do with a gun...
- awakener62 6y agoNo wait lets go one more layer down. Lets attack the net and socket c/c++ libraries as they can also be used to download a little bit of pron.
- boogies 6y agoIt could download instructions and coordinating communication for drug manufacturing, money laundering, and terrorism! Add them to pædo porn and you have the Four Horsemen of the Infopocalypse! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...
- nmlnn 6y agoAnd people could use human brains to store that information. We need read/write access to your mind just to be safe!
- deelowe 6y agoWhy stop there? Telnet can be used. Or what about wireshark? Let's ban those too. While we're at it, C++ can be used and other programming languages as well. We could keep going. This whole thing is silly.
- mseidl 6y agoIf a kid can use curl, then they deserve the porn.
- boogies 6y agoNot everyone considers porn a reward, and not everyone who’s curious about it is guaranteed not to regret it later.
- einpoklum 6y ago> Think of the children! Suggesting people "think of the children" as they download porn is perhaps not the best advice.
- mulmen 6y agoDoes cURL feature "here's how to download porn" anywhere in the code base or documentation?