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by wvenable 1635 days ago
If you commit wire fraud through an innocent intermediary, you're still guilty of wire fraud. If you give someone a link that's an attack and they unknowingly run it, then you're the one at fault not the person clicking the link.

I think it's pretty straight forward.

1 comments

> an SQL injection could also be "just a query parameter" and the server would haply reply with a 200. (true)

> With a sql injection, you have to willfully provide an input with the hope that it results in injection (false)

> If I send you a link that happens to include arguments that happen to be a SQL injection (or my cat steps on my keyboard in just the right way), there was no intent. (true)

> Your intent by crafting such a link was clear. (irrelevant)

You can have SQL injection without intent, as I have adequately explained.

This redirection to an "original actor" is a bad faith argument toward finding if there is someone culpable. The poster I responded to, made a bad general assertion and I stand by it. GL with whatever.