Which is why this analogy is flawed. -Travis
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Marsh Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > > If your knife is found in a dead body, you've going to have some > explaining to do. > > If it turns out that you're a restaurant supply business that sells 3000 > of that model knife a week, then you don't have a problem. > > If your buddy comes to you and says "I'm going to go stab some people > and take their money will you construct for me a custom knife > particularly well-suited for that purpose" and you say "sure, here you > go, heh, no charge this time" and this conversation is recorded as > evidence then both of you are going to get prosecuted. > > No one (seriously, no one) is going to be the least bit impressed by the > "factories sell knives all the time" argument. The point is that you > knew this specific knife was intended to be used in for this purpose and > you decided to go out of your way to help. > > Hacking/pen-test tools can definitely push the gray area a bit, but the > custom-knife-in-dead-body example does not. > > - Marsh > > On 5/3/2010 5:34 AM, Christian Sciberras wrote: > > No, I'm being damn realistic. If it weren't me providing a knife to "my > > buddy" it would be someone else, or some kitchen drawer. > > > > Also, why do I go to jail, not the shop owner that sold me the knife? Or > the > > factory owner? > > > > It's this guy that should be liable to the crime, not the provider. > > > > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Ed Carp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Oh, stop it. If you give your buddy a knife, knowing they're going to > >> go out and stab someone with it, you're going to jail, too. Stop > >> playing the fool. > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > -- FD1D E574 6CAB 2FAF 2921 F22E B8B7 9D0D 99FF A73C http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=tbiehn&op=index&fingerprint=on http://pastebin.com/f6fd606da
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