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A comment on Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam. Parent comment

Re:Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam by mintplant on Sunday April 17, 2016 @05:56AM (#11514012)
More information:

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hacking-team-has-lost-its-l...

Quote:

"We can sell everywhere in Europe without a license. We can sell everywhere in the world but we have to ask for a license every time we sell."

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Re:Phineas Fisher's account of how he took down HackingTeam by mercurial on Monday April 18, 2016 @04:41PM (#11523001)
My heart bleeds. The question is, how hard is it for a company like that to get an individual license if they have a cozy relationship with law enforcement, which wouldn't be very surprising in their case?
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