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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 52 points 3 days ago

I'm not sure if you could actually get criminal charges for this unless you were hosting the malware in which case that's another issue. It would essentially be the same as walking around with a website URL on your shirt. The observer is responsible for typing in the URL or scanning the code and what they decide to do on the website that follows.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 3 days ago

There's the argument that you distrubuted it.

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 16 points 3 days ago

got it from a thrift shop, I don't even know what that square thing is

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

I don't know about the states, but here in Canada the government takes the position "ignorance of the law is not a defence".

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

You're not being ignorant of the law - you're being ignorant of the weird computer square printed on the shirt you thrifted

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

Claiming you didn't know it could cause harm isn't a defense in court in Canada.

Anymore bullshit?

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Christ you're a cordial fellow

I was, I thought quite clearly, having a joking poke. Obviously "didn't know lol" isn't a defense.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Same argument for having it direct you to somewhere like meatspin. Can't be distributing porn to minors.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

I tend to agree that this is how it should be, that doesn't mean that's how it is. If you walk around with a T-shirt that says "kill all CEOs" along with where to find them, you're going to run into some trouble, despite being a similar situation- you're just giving instructions, it's up to the viewer what to do with them.

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Except the shirt doesn't say "visit this site, there are cool things on it". If you're gonna make the comparison to CEOs then it would be like putting a CEOs address on your shirt.

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