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by xoa 66 days ago
>I don’t live in the US, and am not a citizen of the US.

Well good then, I guess you don't have to worry about any of this so long as no American ever gets a quantum computer! Not like any research on it happens here or anything so you shouldn't need to be concerned.
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QuantumNomad_ 66 days ago
The US happily arrests and charges people for cryptocurrency theft too.

> An unsealed indictment on Thursday identified Malone Lam, 20, a citizen of Singapore who lives in Miami and Los Angeles, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, of Los Angeles, showing both had been arrested Wednesday night and charged with conspiring to steal and launder the cryptocurrency. They were set to appear in separate federal courts in California and Florida on Thursday, according to the Justice Department.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/09/19/police-arrests-...

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xoa 65 days ago
>The US happily arrests and charges people for cryptocurrency theft too.

But the whole discussion here is whether or not it'd be theft at all. There is no breaking into computers or laundering involved here. And you're also now admitting that we're discussing US law as I was from the beginning, after trying to deflect to whatever rando country you're from as if it matters.

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