Full Disclosure: Re: go public to avoid jail

[PsychoBilly <zpamh0l3 () gmail com>]

The_UT went to jail because his Gonzales m8 kindly supplied irc logs of their chats to the fed // not for coding a tool.
The jury recused the "not knowing" defense strategy on that base.

[[   J Roger   ]] possibly emitted, @Time [[   28/04/2010 00:48   ]] The Following #String
> jail.
>
> According to the following (dated) Wired article,
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/stephen-watt/ Stephen Watt got
> screwed because he supplied his friend with a software tool he wrote and
> his friend used it to commit a crime.
>
> Had Stephen released his tool to the public (with as much or as little
> fanfare as he liked) would he still have gone to jail?
>
> He could make a good argument for legitimate uses of his tool as well.
> It would be useful for anyone performing a PCI penetration test in
> compliance with PCI DSS 11.3
>
> Remember kids, sharing is caring (that you not spend the next 2 years in
> federal prison)
>
>
>
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