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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by KPGv2 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @10:40AM (#42866247)
> whose publication or inappropriate possession is claimed to be illegal in the United States.

That's not the same thing as a number being illegal at all. Here, watch this:

> I claim breathing is illegal in the United States

There, now breathing is claimed to be illegal in the United States.

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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by I-M-S on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @10:47AM (#42866387)
In both cases, legality depends entirely on repercussions, i.e. if there's someone to enforce the ban. I suspect that in the "illegal numbers" case there might be.
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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by vluft on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @10:54AM (#42866493)
man that's very concerning for wikipedia who is publishing it right there on the page linked above.
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Re:OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data Op... by dylan604 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @11:14AM (#42866840)
Only concerning if they are a US based company hosting their data in US data centers. oops
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