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booby traps that cause harm are illegal, someone stealing my phone who cuts themselves on a broken piece of glass from the screen can't argue "it's a booby trap
by WrtCdEvrydy 5y ago
booby traps that cause harm are illegal, someone stealing my phone who cuts themselves on a broken piece of glass from the screen can't argue "it's a booby trap"
- failwhaleshark 5y agoThis is true. Also, if you add hidden buttons that alter the way a data port works to either disable or enable it, or fry a device attached to it, this isn't intentional harm caused to police equipment specifically. It is a deterrent-after-the-fact, a protection, and a personal choice to modify one's own device without targeting anyone in particular and not intentionally, unexpectedly causing bodily harm.
- chii 5y agothe owner of the device could be charged with tampering with evidence. Signal is, paradoxically, an uninvolved third-party imho (technically uninvolved).
- ArnoVW 5y agoIf Signal put this on their home page, in a sort of "download this to fuck with da police" advertising, maybe. Judges aren't machines, that slavishly follow any tenuous reasoning. They're judging; it's in the name. Specifically, they have to judge your intent. In many cases American criminal law requires a 'mens rea', or 'guilty mind' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea