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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by ronsor on Saturday March 30, 2024 @04:53PM (#39878547)
No, it is not illegal to distribute malware by itself, but it is illegal to trick people into installing malware. The latter was the goal of the XZ contributor.
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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday March 30, 2024 @06:47PM (#39879437)
I assume you're talking from a USC perspective? Can you say which specific law, chapter, and clause applies?
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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by dvhh on Sunday March 31, 2024 @01:19PM (#39886071)
I would somewhat agree, but then come to mind "what is the "legal" definition of malware ?".

Some people would say that most drm software would act like malware/ransomware.

And tricking people to install such software is only matter of an ambiguously worded checkbox.

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