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by JackWebbHeller 4800 days ago
> "Its a strange situation where it is legal to do something to a human that is illegal to do to a computer"

What is illegal to do to a computer, in this case...?
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wnight 4800 days ago
I think he means that if you discovered and exploited a bug in a common OS the way farmville manipulated actual minds, you'd be thrown in jail.
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tekromancr 4790 days ago
That's what I was getting at. You said it better. Thank you.
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