Tag Archives: law

Hacking Tools and Intent

EU ministers seek to ban creation of ‘hacking tools’ As I read this story on various sites this morning I was reminded of the old quote – “If cryptography is outlawed, only outlaws will have cryptography”. Attempting to ban tools … Continue reading

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Linking

Feds Really Do Seem To Think That Linking To Infringing Content Can Be A Jailable Offense | Techdirt The story reminded me of a point I made a while ago – regardless of anything else, you (my reader), or me … Continue reading

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Extraterritoriality

First arrest made in WikiLeaks revenge attacks So, for instance, if one was physically in Germany, but a UK resident and routing all traffic through a US proxy server, which jurisdiction would be banging on the door…

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