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Build a Secret Compartment, Go To Jail

Posted by timothy on from the postcard-vs.-envelope dept.

KindMind writes "Alfred Anaya was a custom stereo installer who branched out to making secret compartments for valuables, who the DEA sent to prison as a co-conspirator when a drug dealer used his creation to smuggle drugs. But Wired points out the bigger question: 'The challenge for anyone who creates technology is to guess when they should turn their back on paying customers. Take a manufacturer of robot kits for hobbyists. If someone uses those robots to patrol a smuggling route or help protect a meth lab, how will prosecutors determine whether the company acted criminally?'"

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  1. let me say: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you put your weed in there.

  2. abetting in the murder of children? by drainbramage · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't you mean the unions?
    Union workers make the products that kill, maim or injure millions:
    Cars, pools, trampolines, cigarettes, movies, spoons, etc..,

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  3. Re:The Answer To This Nonsense... by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    Separately, or together?

  4. Re:They created a new problem for themselves... by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Actually, he'll be spending an awful lot of time in prison doing nothing."

    I doubt he'll be doing nothing. He'll most likely be demoing his "secret compartment".

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  5. Re:Credibility by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I read this article before it was posted on Slashdot, so I have had a chance to think about it."

    EPIC FAIL ;-)

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  6. Re:The Answer To This Nonsense... by Whalou · · Score: 4, Funny

    Separately, or together?

    Yes.

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  7. Re:The Answer To This Nonsense... by CanHasDIY · · Score: 1, Funny

    The people I know that do drugs have jobs and money

    What? You mean, they're productive members of society? But, but... that can't be! I grew up being brainwa- er, "taught" by government agents, that "drug user" is a term for lazy welfare cheats and homeless people!

    Shit, what's next, you're going to tell me that not all drug users are cannibals and murderers?

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