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  • Allow me to introduce the often abused Computer Fraud and Misuse act: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act

    If you’d like to lose the ability to use ANY sort of technology for decades if not indefinitely, go ahead with the greyhat stuff.

    The sector of lawfully using your knowledge for good is ever expanding and pays well. I’d strongly advise using your powers for good and dodge any unnecessary risk if you enjoy doing what you do.

    9/10 times, it ain’t worth the risk. Being strategic and thinking things over carefully (err on the side of least action) is going to benefit you


  • We’re on the same page here, I think it’s pretty likely that a lot of this stuff isn’t actually dangerous. Snowden leaks point out massive constructs to automatically read in info and essentially create a DB of intel

    And that was years ago. I find it highly unlikely that anything serious would slip through and go unnoticed on a search engine like google.

    Discord tho…


  • Mmm. So I agree with your initial assessment, but the later rationale not so much

    Disinformation is the tool used by war today. Russia is doing A LOT of it as of late coming up on this election cycle and could easily push propaganda and fake news via channels like this.

    Similarly, and on the other side of this coin, the US could also do this to push propaganda. You cannot trust things for face value on the internet.





  • Thanks for the additional intel. So far, all I’ve seen is that these were rumors that started on a Reddit post.

    Disinformation is on the up and up (right before an election, go figure) so I’ll just wait until there’s higher quality articles/intel on the issue and confirm this isn’t trolling/bs.

    So far I’ve only seen “reputable” sites reporting this as heresay as well, specifically referencing the Reddit posts.