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by linuxhansl 5478 days ago
What about vulnerability testing software? In principle those can be used as attack tools.

Maybe a line can be drawn... Design kits for viruses come to mind. But even then, it's a fine line, and history has shown once a mechanism is in place to outlaw something it will be extended and abused to apply to things that were not originally targeted.