This is a completely immature behavior. If you did something like this, please remind me to never use your software again, because today you protest Russia, and

This is a completely immature behavior. If you did something like this, please remind me to never use your software again, because today you protest Russia, and tomorrow maybe you decide that you actually hate capitalism, who knows. Probably not, but I'd rather not take the risk. If you want to send a political message, there are less harmful ways to do so. Like, print a message at program start, or write it into logs. You could even provide all kinds of forbidden information, such as numbers of Russian soldiers who died in the war. Better than "Putin sucks", right? If you want an equivalent of sanctions, just make your software stop working, and explain why. But if you insist on playing soldiers and doing damage, how about you contact your local secret service and tell them "you know, I have this program that is also used in Russia, if you have any ideas how to weaponize it, I am open to suggestions". Maybe they would give you some code that targets a specific IP address, and extracts a Russian state secret, or whatever. That could potentially accomplish much more, with much less colateral damage. You had one shot; you wasted it. Also, consider the long-term consequences of such things becoming the new normal. Do you want to live in a world where an internet-connected washing machine will destroy your laundry because you voted / didn't vote for Trump? Because this is the world you are helping to build.