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There are several US companies that provide the same service, though they ostensibly operate under guidelines set by the US government.

As someone who was busted for hacking way back in the day, it perturbs me just a little bit that I could legally develop an exploit and sell it to someone who I know will use it for illegal activity (but activity that the US govt. might approve of, regardless of legality), but if I myself use this exploit I'll be facing serious jail time. Or if I sell it to someone who isn't on an unofficial "approved" list of users.

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If people who exploit this sort of thing for financial gain would spend a fraction of their problem solving on developing a constructive solution that solves a real world problem they would probably have more money