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Re:A database with 3.8B phone numbers from Clubhouse is up f... by dmitriid on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:04PM (#27942566)
This differs from country to country. There's some info on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_operation?wprov=sfti1
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Re:A database with 3.8B phone numbers from Clubhouse is up f... by noxer on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:29PM (#27942805)
This would not be a classics sting operation. The seller already committed the crime(s) by offering it. Sting operation usually are the reason someone could commit a crime by creating a bait crime opportunity.
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Re:A database with 3.8B phone numbers from Clubhouse is up f... by rsa25519 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @08:37PM (#27945611)
You're describing entrapment
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