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If the government said "comply with this order or go to prison" and he said "I'll shut down instead", doesn't that still count as failure to comply? Is that li
by sgustard 13y ago
If the government said "comply with this order or go to prison" and he said "I'll shut down instead", doesn't that still count as failure to comply? Is that like me burning down my house in response to a search warrant?
- kintamanimatt 13y agoMy bet is the government told him to modify his codebase to capture passwords at the point where they're in cleartext and gave him x days to do it. He didn't refuse to do it, but closed up shop instead so he didn't have to. I doubt the government can compel him to continue running a business he wants to close down. It'd be like having a broken taillight and being given 15 days to fix it. If the person took the car off the road, they'd not be compelled to make the repair. Perhaps they can demand he continue to do business (although it seems like a pretty tenuous request), or perhaps they can blackmail him with threats of criminal prosecution lest he keep his show on the road. Who knows?
- cdjk 13y agoHe could shut down external access, deploy changes to capture plain text passwords, then turn everything off. Technically he's complied...
- tootie 13y agoIf they asked him to produce customer data and he deletes instead, then he is in violation. If they asked him to install some middleware for all his traffic, he can just say "Sure, but I don't have any traffic anymore".