[xigoi]

In such a case, the author of the PDF can be held responsible.

[bilsbie]

Radical idea: let’s hold the reader responsible for the actions they take from the material.

[johnfn]

So we should hold my grandmother responsible for the phishing emails she gets? Hmm.

[amelius]

Radical rebuttal of this idea: if you hire an assassin then you are responsible too (even more so, actually), even if you only told them stuff over the phone.

[bilsbie]

I don’t see the connection. Publishing != hiring.

[amelius]

Then I don't see the connection in your idea. Answering questions != publishing.