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Uranium is illegal to possess and is a tangible object. Data is intangible and can be copied. If Matt gave into a request to search his hard drive, said search
by richiebful1 3y ago
Uranium is illegal to possess and is a tangible object. Data is intangible and can be copied. If Matt gave into a request to search his hard drive, said search could extend into other devices, online accounts, etc. And that wouldn't even prove that he no longer possesses the data
- lazide 3y agoUranium is totally legal to possess.
- saagarjha 3y agoWith many restrictions.
- Legend2440 3y agoNot really. You can buy it on Amazon. Now, enriched uranium is a whole different story.
- saagarjha 3y agoYeah, but don't buy more than 7 kg.
- lazide 3y agoUp to a ton of ore I believe, as long as you don’t refine it. The rules are a bit inconsistent. As long as you don’t hurt anyone with it, or try to blackmail the US with it. [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/831 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/831] The 7kg limit is apparently a ‘depleted’ (aka refined/filtered) thing - https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part040/part040-0022.html https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part040/p... But commonly misquoted. 7kg is a pretty large quantity. It can be up to 150lbs a year if extracted from drinking water (!!).