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0 pointsmakeitdouble7mo ago0 comments

It would need to be handle significantly different from lock picking, which is legal. I assume one could craft an argument to shove DMCA in it, but that doesn't sound clear cut.

To your point, would most researchers want to spend lawyer money to test that ? Surely not.

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Buttons8407mo ago

I'm also saying the law doesn't matter to an extent.

Remember this? https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-is-the-hacking-investig...

A reporter pressed F12 to view the source of a web page and the Missouri governor spent months trying to charge him with a crime as part of a "felony investigation". Full weight of the state on his shoulders because he revealed something embarrassing about the state.

In practice if you embarrass a company, they will crush you legally. And sure, after you spend a few hundred thousand dollars on legal fees you'll probably win, and the company will have to say "our bad lol", but you'll still be out the legal fees.

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Buttons8407mo ago

I'm also saying the law doesn't matter to an extent.

Remember this? https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-is-the-hacking-investig...

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