full-disclosure - Re: go public to avoid jail

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Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 12:40:27 -0500
From: Marsh Ray <marsh@...endedsubset.com>
To: J Roger <securityhocus@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: go public to avoid jail

On 5/3/2010 12:29 PM, J Roger wrote:
> 
> If the tool was released publicly, how much more difficult would it have
> been for the prosecution to prove that you knew the tool was intended to be
> used for a particular illegal purpose in a specific case and you went out of
> your way to help?

Perhaps not more difficult at all.

My understanding is (I think I read the Wired article) that in this case
there were voluminous chat logs between the developer of the tool and
those who used it for specific crimes. These logs showed that it was
custom development work and its intended purpose was well-understood by
the developer.

- Marsh

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