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by AnthonyMouse 3767 days ago
> Maybe in that scenario, it would be the author who writes that code who would be protected but the person who executes the deadly code who is breaking the law?

How is that not the only sensible outcome?

Telling people about vulnerabilities is the only way they can defend against them. Defenders need actual exploit code to test their countermeasures against.

The person who uses the exploit to kill someone is the person who uses the exploit to kill someone.