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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by janalsncm on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:24PM (#43577043)
> Isn't this the same question as, "why should we allow general purpose computing?"

I don’t think so? It’s not illegal to call random people on your phone, but if you do it millions of times per day with a computer it can be illegal.

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Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an... by jMyles on Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:03PM (#43577933)
It seems to me that harassment is similarly offensive regardless of the degree of automation.

...and it's not obvious that transmitting bytes (within frequency and bandwidth protocols) is ever justly criminal; they are trivial to ignore.

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