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> Yeah, but when someone gets shot with a gun you can't prosecute the manufacturer Right, so you can't prosecute Google if I use gmail to send something that v
by corin_ 15y ago
> Yeah, but when someone gets shot with a gun you can't prosecute the manufacturer
Right, so you can't prosecute Google if I use gmail to send something that violates a gag order. If Google violate a gag order through their source code they are entirely liable for it.
- malandrew 15y agoIf Google gets served a gag order and violates that specific gag order served because of a piece of code they wrote, then I could see that happening. If they get served a gag order and then modify that code so that all future gag orders are not possible then I don't see a crime being committed for which they are liable. Gag orders are circumstantial. Code that applies to general situations is not. Backdoors (access) and confidentiality (disclosure) are concepts that are mutually exclusive of one another.