Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash
by caeril on Friday August 12, 2022 @04:30PM
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> this is not going to fly if all he did was write some software
Stephen Watt had his life destroyed because he wrote some software. He didn't use it, he didn't directly victimize anyone; he just wrote the software that other people used[1].
Case law already exists that simply writing software can be a crime, so let's not fool ourselves that prosecutors/judges/juries will even remotely consider this line of defense valid.
Stephen Watt had his life destroyed because he wrote some software. He didn't use it, he didn't directly victimize anyone; he just wrote the software that other people used[1].
Case law already exists that simply writing software can be a crime, so let's not fool ourselves that prosecutors/judges/juries will even remotely consider this line of defense valid.
[1] https://www.wired.com/2009/12/stephen-watt