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by Riseed 4364 days ago
I agree, but wanted to add:

For many people, law enforcement doesn't even have to bother planting illegal material. They only have to twist the description of a target's behavior until it fits the requirements for violating a law (e.g. CFAA[1]), or catch the target committing any of the other federal crimes[2] he/she unknowingly commits on a regular basis.

[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act or EFF: https://ilt.eff.org/index.php/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act_%...

[2] The many failed efforts to count nation's federal criminal laws: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230431980...