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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself by ceejayoz on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @04:29PM (#33630925)
It's protected speech. What you do with it can be criminal.

Code for an Arduino that moves a robotic arm is legal. Using it to pull a trigger and kill someone isn't.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself by leesalminen on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @04:31PM (#33630954)
Of course. Was the tornado cash person arrested for using the code in an illegal way or just for publishing the code?
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself by ceejayoz on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @06:38PM (#33632634)
We don't entirely know. The fact that the other Tornado Cash contributors weren't similarly arrested may be informative.
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