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by girvo 36 days ago
> If your web browser hacks a bank, but you didn't know and didn't expect it to, have you hacked a bank?

Depends, as usual. Intent can matter, but depends on the statute (and jurisdiction) in question.

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This is the is-ought fallacy.

I'm not asking you to describe the existing laws. I'm pontificating on how they ought to be.