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Are Programmers Responsible For the Actions of Their Clients?

Posted by timothy on from the ok-now-let's-talk-tortkey dept.

Bobfrankly1 writes "Robert Stuart and his company Extensions Software are being charged by New York authorities, claiming he is promoting gambling in New York because of the actions of his clients. They are charging him after he rejected a plea agreement that would have him plead guilty to lesser charges, adding backdoors to his software, and using said backdoors to gather details on his clients and their customers." Another article on the case at Salon.

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  1. Re:Kill all the authoritarians by tqk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Holy crap, the US is !@#$%^. What a mess you've made of yourselves.

    FTA: "Stuart asserts that New York authorities only came after him because they wanted to use him as a conduit to uncover illegal gambling operations in that state. He says the New York district attorney’s office tried to strong-arm him into a plea agreement that would have had him hacking into the systems of his software clients in order to obtain the usernames and passwords of gamblers and their bookmakers to help authorities gather evidence of illegal gambling.

    Holy crap! You guys have guns, yes? Why aren't you using the damned things? Your ballot box clearly isn't working. So, ...

    [note, I'm not a gambler. I'm just astonished to see you people put up with this !@#$. Shoot the !@#$%^ already!]

    I watch British/Euro Football (soccer, to you peons) and some of them are sponsored by betting agencies. They wear their sponsor's website on their jersies for all to see.

    Yet your authoritays are extorting developers for plea deals ...

    !@#$ your whole damned country! I promise right now, right here, I will NEVER set foot in your country willingly, nor do business with another USA-ian! !@#$ you all and everyone you know who choose to continue to live there! You're all insane for allowing !@#$ like this to happen.

    I used to love you guys. Wow, how the mighty have fallen. :-P

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    "Tongue tied and twisted, just an Earth bound misfit ..." -- Pink Floyd.
  2. Re:Jurors, do your duty. by jcr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The geek's faith in jury nullification is stupid.

    It just so happens that juries are starting to nullify the war on drugs. You can be part of the problem or part of the solution, and it's clear you're on the government's side, so fuck you.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."