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> Expats can commit cyber crimes risk-free? Not an expat. Julian Assange is not a US citizen, not on US ground, does not work for a US company. He can’t be co
by eastbound 3y ago
> Expats can commit cyber crimes risk-free?
Not an expat. Julian Assange is not a US citizen, not on US ground, does not work for a US company. He can’t be committing “espionage” because he’s not inside; at most he can be committing “reporting” upon US practices.
Same question arose when EU wrote the GDPR: It was a debate at the time that a US company with no activity in EU could be trialled in EU for misdemeanor against EU laws. Apparently it can.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoHow is he not an expat of Australia?
- saalweachter 3y agoOnly Americans get to be expats, everyone else has to be immigrants.
- eastbound 3y agoHe came to UK. He’s not an Australian expat in USA.
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- _fizz_buzz_ 3y agoI think the case against Assange is a bit flimsy. But this argument doesn’t hold. If you hire a hitman and kill someone in the US, you commit a crime in the US. Even if you are not a US citizen of, have never been to the US and don’t work for a US company.