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Re:Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea (2007) by sliverstorm on Thursday July 24, 2014 @10:36PM (#8083530)
Similar to how downloading some else's bank account into yours is practically thought-crime?

"But officer, I was only shuffling bits!" isn't a defense.

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Re:Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea (2007) by jdong on Thursday July 24, 2014 @11:00PM (#8083586)
I don't see how robbing someones bank account is comparable to downloading outlawed pornography.
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Re:Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea (2007) by propater on Friday July 25, 2014 @09:24AM (#8085026)
Hoarding illegal material is a crime (and not a thought crime.) We call it 'recel' in French. Not sure what is the legal term in English, 'fencing' is argotic, right?
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Re:Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea (2007) by jdong on Friday July 25, 2014 @07:43PM (#8088255)
Possessing illegal bits is kind of a basic example of thought crime.
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Re:Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea (2007) by sliverstorm on Friday July 25, 2014 @09:56PM (#8088608)
Right, that's what I'm saying about the bank account. If child pornography really is just bits, then the same should go for your bank account. When you "illegally" increase your bank account it's just bits, right?

Or how about classified information. Is it thought crime to have classified information you aren't allowed to have? "But it's only bits, how can bits be illegal?"

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